alban

See also: Alban and albán

English

Alternative forms

albane

Etymology

Borrowed from French albane (in the form alban, respelt after the German Alban), from the Latin albus (“white”) + the French -ane (“-an”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ălʹbən, IPA^(key): /ˈalbən/, [ˈalbn̩]

Noun

alban (uncountable)

(chemistry, now rare) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

Translations

white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for alban in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Balan, Laban, Nabal, banal, laban, nabal, nabla

Finnish

Noun

alban

Genitive singular form of alba.

Anagrams

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Swedish

Etymology

Albanien +‎ -an

Noun

alban c

Albanian; person, chiefly male, from Albania.

Declension

Declension of alban
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	alban	albanen	albaner	albanerna
Genitive	albans	albanens	albaners	albanernas