alb

alb

See also: Alb, ALB, alb., and Alb.

Translingual

Symbol

alb

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

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English

A priest’s alb (the white gown), stole (hanging around the neck), and maniple (on the left sleeve).

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/

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

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.
   • 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 131:

     ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.

Synonyms

• alba

Related terms

• album
• albumin
• albus
• Albion

Translations

a long white robe worn by priests and other ministers

Catalan: alba (ca) f Dutch: albe (nl) f Finnish: alba (fi) French: aube (fr) f German: Albe (de) f Greek: στιχάριο (el) n (stichário) Icelandic: alba f Irish: ailb f Italian: camice (it) m Middle English: awbe Old Portuguese: alva Polish: alba (pl) f Portuguese: alva (pt) f Russian: а́льба (ru) f (álʹba), стиха́рь (ru) m (stixárʹ) Tagalog: alba (tl)

See also

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

Anagrams

• BAL, BLA, LAB, Lab, Lab., abl., lab

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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

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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

Synonyms

• blanc

Derived terms

• albenc

Related terms

• alba
• albedo
• eixalbar

Further reading

• “alb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalp]

Noun

alb

1. genitive plural of album

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

• alp

Etymology

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

Noun

alb m (plural elbe or elber)

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

Usage notes

• Used through the 13th century.

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.

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alb/

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Adjective

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

1. white
2. (figuratively) clean, pure, immaculate

Declension

Declension of alb

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	alb		albă	albi	albe
	definite	albul		alba	albii	albele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	alb		albe	albi	albe
	definite	albului		albei	albilor	albelor

Antonyms

• negru

Derived terms

• alba
• albicios
• albuș
• albuț

Related terms

• albi
• albeață
• albastru

Noun

alb m (plural albi)

1. the color white
2. white person

Declension

Declension of alb

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) alb	albul	(niște) albi	albii
genitive/dative	(unui) alb	albului	(unor) albi	albilor
vocative	albule		albilor

See also

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)

alb	gri	negru
roșu; carmin	portocaliu; maro	galben; crem
	verde
cyan	bleu	albastru
violet; indigo	mov; purpură	roz

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

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