alba

See also: Alba, Albà, and albă

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ălʹbə, IPA^(key): /ˈæl.bə/

Etymology 1

First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).

Noun

alba (plural albas)

(poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

Translations

Finnish: alba (fi)
Polish: alba (pl) f

Etymology 2

First attested in 1848; borrowed from Latin alba (the feminine form of albus (“white”)) in the now-disused species name of binomial nomenclature Rosa alba (it is now considered a hybrid and is accordingly called Rosa × alba).

Noun

alba (plural albas)

A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.

Derived terms

aquila alba
linea alba
magnesia alba
phlegmasia alba dolens
terra alba

Etymology 3

First attested in 1859; borrowed from Latin alba, the nominative plural form of album (“blank tablet”), whence the English album.

Noun

alba pl

(rare) plural of album
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:alba.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba (“alb”), from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alb.

Noun

alba (plural albas)

Synonym of alb
- 1857, Isaac F[arwell] Holton, “Montserrate and the Boqueron”, in New Granada: Twenty Months in the Andes, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 217:
  On a little plot of grass near the kitchen the family were spreading out a large supply of priestly vestments—albas, casullas, capas pluviales, ornamentos, parmentos, cíngulas, estolas, frontales, etc., etc., etc.
- 1932, Theodore Komisarjevsky, The Costume of the Theatre, page 56:
  Christ, whom they meet, must wear an alba and an amictus, be barefooted, and carry a cross on the left shoulder.
- 1979, Yearbook, Board of Publication of the Lutheran Church in America, page 494:
  Traditional styles such as cassocks and cottas, or contemporary trends in robes and collars, choir albas, skirts, caps and acolyte vestments.
- 2000, Ivo Hlobil and Ladislav Daniel, editors, The Last Flowers of the Middle Ages: From the Gothic to the Renaissance in Moravia and Silesia, →ISBN, page 304:
  Another canon with a biretta in his hand, wearing an alba and an upper fur mucia, is kneeling to the left of the Crucifix;

Anagrams

AABL, Ba'al, Baal, Bala, Baʿal, LABA, baal, blaa, laab

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun

alba f (plural albes)

dawn

Synonyms

amanecer

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ba/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun

alba f (plural albes)

dawn
(Catholicism, liturgy) the white tunic worn by priests

Alternative forms

auba

Noun

alba f (plural albes)

Alternative form of àlber (“white poplar”)

Chickasaw

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alˈba/

Noun

alba (alienable)

a weed
an uncultivated plant

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)


Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	amalba am-alba	pomalba pom-alba	hapomalba hapom-alba
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chimalba chim-alba	hachimalba hachim-alba
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	imalba im-alba

Derived terms

alba balalli'
alba haloppa'
alba homi'
alba ishpiya'
alba lakna'
alba lowak
alba paka̱li'
alba pishokchi'
alba tonolli'
albimpishokchi'
albokchi'
alboppolo'

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈalba]

Noun

alba

inflection of album:
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin alba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑlbɑ/, [ˈɑlbɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑlbɑ
Syllabification^(key): al‧ba

Noun

alba

An alb; a long white gown worn in various Christian ceremonies by the priest or the parishioners, especially in a confirmation by the people who are being confirmed

Declension

Inflection of alba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		alba	albat
genitive		alban	albojen
partitive		albaa	alboja
illative		albaan	alboihin
		singular	plural
nominative		alba	albat
accusative	nom.	alba	albat
accusative	gen.	alban	albat
genitive		alban	albojen albain^rare
partitive		albaa	alboja
inessive		albassa	alboissa
elative		albasta	alboista
illative		albaan	alboihin
adessive		alballa	alboilla
ablative		albalta	alboilta
allative		alballe	alboille
essive		albana	alboina
translative		albaksi	alboiksi
instructive		—	alboin
abessive		albatta	alboitta
comitative		—	alboineen

Possessive forms of alba (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	albani	albamme
2nd person	albasi	albanne
3rd person	albansa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese alva (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *alba, the feminine of albus (“white”). Cognate with Portuguese alva.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈalβɐ]

Noun

alba f (plural albas)

dawn
Synonyms: alborada, abrente

References

“alva” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“alba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“alba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈalpa/
Homophone: Alba

Noun

alba f (genitive singular ölbu, nominative plural ölbur)

alb (priestly robe)

Declension

declension of alba

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	alba	alban	ölbur	ölburnar
accusative	ölbu	ölbuna	ölbur	ölburnar
dative	ölbu	ölbunni	ölbum	ölbunum
genitive	ölbu	ölbunnar	alba	albanna

Istriot

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun

alba f

dawn

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”). Compare French aube.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈal.ba/
Rhymes: -alba
Hyphenation: àl‧ba

Noun

alba f (plural albe)

dawn, daybreak, break of day
Synonym: aurora
- 1926, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni (lyrics and music), “Nessun dorma”, in Turandot:
  Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle! All'alba, vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò!
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
sunrise
Synonyms: aurora, levar del sole
- 2017, Baby K (lyrics and music), “Voglio ballare con te”, performed by Andrés Ceballos:
  Voglio vedere le luci dell’alba cambiare colore
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

albeggiare
albino

Anagrams

Baal

Latin

Pronunciation

alba: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ba/, [ˈäɫ̪bä]

alba: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ba/, [ˈälbä]
albā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.baː/, [ˈäɫ̪bäː]

albā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ba/, [ˈälbä]

Etymology 1

From albus (“white”).

Noun

alba f (genitive albae); first declension

a white precious stone, the pearl

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alba	albae
Genitive	albae	albārum
Dative	albae	albīs
Accusative	albam	albās
Ablative	albā	albīs
Vocative	alba	albae

References

“alba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
alba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
alba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“alba”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

alba

inflection of albus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

albā

ablative feminine singular of albus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin alba (“white”).

Noun

alba m (definite singular albaen, indefinite plural albaer, definite plural albaene)

(Christianity) alb

References

“alba” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“alba” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin alba (“white”).

Noun

alba m (definite singular albaen, indefinite plural albaar or albaer, definite plural albaane or albaene)

(Christianity) alb

References

“alba” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“mountain”).

Noun

alba f

alpine pasture
alp

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈal.ba/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -alba
Syllabification: al‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin alba.[1] First attested in 1528.[2]

Noun

alba f

(Roman Catholicism) alb (long white robe worn by ministers at religious ceremonies)
białe alby ― white albs

Declension

Declension of alba

	singular	plural
nominative	alba	alby
genitive	alby	alb
dative	albie	albom
accusative	albę	alby
instrumental	albą	albami
locative	albie	albach
vocative	albo	alby

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Occitan alba.[1] First attested in the 20th century.[3]

Noun

alba f

(poetry, historical) alba (genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry)

Declension

Declension of alba

	singular	plural
nominative	alba	alby
genitive	alby	alb
dative	albie	albom
accusative	albę	alby
instrumental	albą	albami
locative	albie	albach
vocative	albo	alby

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Halbe. First attested in the 17th century.[4]

Noun

alba f

Middle Polish form of halba.

Declension

Attested forms of alba

	singular	plural
nominative	alba	—
genitive	—	—
dative	—	—
accusative	albę	—
instrumental	—	—
locative	albie	—
vocative	—	—

References

Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
“alba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Teresa Sokołowska (30.07.2012), “ALBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.bɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.bɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ba/ [ˈaʊ̯.ba]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bɐ/ [ˈaɫ.βɐ]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -albɐ, (Brazil) -awbɐ
Hyphenation: al‧ba

Noun

alba f (plural albas)

dawn, daybreak
Synonyms: alva, aurora

Romanian

Etymology

Definite form of albă, from Latin alba, feminine of albus. For the sense of "dawn" or "sunrise", see Vulgar Latin *alba, whence also Spanish and Italian alba, French aube, Portuguese alva.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈal.ba/

Adjective

alba

definite feminine singular nominative/accusative of alb

Noun

alba f (plural albe)

(popular) dawn, daybreak, sunrise

Synonyms

zori, auroră, răsărit

Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun

alba f

dawn

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Gedeo አልበ (alba).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈalba/
Hyphenation: al‧ba

Noun

alba m

face
front
living room

Usage notes

A traditional Sidamo house may combine the alba with a kitchen. The other room is called the holge.

References

Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 33
Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “alba”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈalba/ [ˈal.β̞a]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -alba
Syllabification: al‧ba

Noun

alba f (plural albas)

dawn
Synonym: amanecer

Usage notes

The feminine noun alba is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el alba

un alba

However, if an adjective, even one that begins with stressed /a/ such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la or una.

Derived terms

lucero del alba

Adjective

alba

feminine singular of albo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alba.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: al‧ba

IPA^(key): /ˈʔalba/, [ˈʔal.bɐ]

Noun

alba

(Christianity) alb

[R:pl:WSWO-1] Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

[2] “alba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022

[3] Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

[4] Teresa Sokołowska (30.07.2012), “ALBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

alba

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Translations

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Alternative forms

Noun

Further reading

Chickasaw

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Istriot

Etymology

Noun

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

References

Etymology 2

Adjective

Adjective

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Noun

References

Old High German

Etymology

Noun