Alb in Scrabble and Meaning

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Definitions and meaning of alb

alb

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Albanian.

Symbol

alb

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Albanian.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Albanian terms

English

Alternative forms

• albe, aube (both obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English aube, awbe, albe, abbe, from Late Old English albe (but later reinforced by Old French aube, Medieval Latin alba), borrowed from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælb/
  • Rhymes: -ælb
• (UK, also) IPA^(key): /ɑːlb/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːlb

Noun

alb (plural albs)

1. (Christianity, chiefly Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

Synonyms

• alba

Derived terms

Related terms

• album
• albumin
• albus
• Albion

Translations

See also

• epigonation
• epimanikion
• epitrachelion
• maniple
• omophorion
• rhason
• sakkos
• sticharion
• zone

Anagrams

• Lab, BLA, BAL, LAB, bla, Lab., lab, abl.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• albu

Etymology

From Latin albus. Compare to Daco-Romanian alb.

Adjective

alb (feminine albe, masculine plural alghi, feminine plural albi)

1. white
2. (figurative) clean

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin albus. Only used in poetic/literary contexts or found in some toponyms.

Adjective

alb (feminine alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albes)

1. (poetic) white

   Synonym: blanc

Derived terms

• albenc

Related terms

• alba
• albedo
• eixalbar

Further reading

• “alb”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalp]

Noun

alb

1. genitive plural of album

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

• albu

Etymology

From Latin albus.

Adjective

alb m (plural aľbi, feminine plural albi)

1. white

References

• Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• alp

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German alp, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈalb/

Noun

alb m (plural elbe or elber)

1. elf
2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy

Usage notes

• Used through the 13th century.

Declension

Descendants

• German: Alb, Albdruck, Albtraum.

References

• Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin albus, from Proto-Italic *alβos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos, *álbʰos, *albʰós (“white”). Doublet of album.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalb/
• Rhymes: -alb

Adjective

alb m or n (feminine singular albă, masculine plural albi, feminine and neuter plural albe)

1. white

   Antonym: negru

2. white (Caucasian)

   Synonym: caucazian

   Antonym: negru

Declension

Noun

alb m (plural albi, feminine equivalent albă)

1. the color white
2. white person

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• albă
• albi
• albeață
• albastru

See also

Further reading

• “alb”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Romansch

Alternative forms

• alv (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter)

Etymology

From Latin albus.

Adjective

alb m (feminine singular alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albas)

1. (Vallader) white

Antonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ner
• (Surmiran) neir

Source: wiktionary.org