albino

See also: Albino

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino.

Portuguese albino is from Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus
Spanish albino is diminutive of albo, from Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ælˈbiːnəʊ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/
(Ireland) IPA^(key): /alˈbiːnoː/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

albino (not comparable)

Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.

Usage notes

The term is considered offensive by some (when used as a term for human beings); "albinistic" is a possible alternative.[1]
The term is not comparative: one either has albinism (a recessive genetic trait) or does not. While the effects of albinism may be more marked in some individuals, this does not make those individuals "more albino" than others. To the extent that it could be comparable, perhaps in metaphoric usage, the comparatives would be more/most/less/least albino (not *albinoer, *albinest, etc).

Synonyms

(lacking melanin): albinal, albinic, albinistic, albinoid, hypomelanistic, hypomelanoid, amelanistic, amelanoid

Antonyms

(having an excess of melanin): hypermelanistic, hypermelanoid, melanistic, melanoid

Translations

congenitally lacking melanin

Bikol Central: ugis (bcl)
Catalan: albí m
Dutch: albino (nl)
Esperanto: albina
Finnish: albiino-
French: albinos (fr)
Galician: albino
German: albino-
Japanese: アルビノの (arubino no)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: كوردي‎
Northern Kurdish: albîno (ku)
Malay: balar
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albino (no)
Polish: albinotyczny (pl), bielaczy (pl)
Portuguese: albino (pt) m, albina f
Spanish: albino (es)
Swahili: zeruzeru (sw)
Swedish: albino-
Tagalog: anak-araw (tl), sarka
Welsh: albinaidd

Noun

albino (plural albinos or albinoes)

(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

Usage notes

The term is considered offensive by some when used to designate a human being; the phrase "person with albinism" is a neutral alternative.[1]

Synonyms

(one lacking melanin): albinoid, hypomelanoid, amelanoid

Antonyms

(one having an excess of melanin): hypermelanoid, melano, melanoid

Derived terms

albinal
albinic
albinism
albinistic
albinoid

Translations

one congenitally lacking melanin

Bikol Central: ugis (bcl)
Catalan: albí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 患白化病的人 (zh) (huàn báihuàbìng de rén) (person), 患白化病的動植物／患白化病的动植物 (zh) (huàn báihuàbìng de dòngzhíwù) (plants or animals)
Danish: albino (da)
Dutch: albino (nl)
Esperanto: albino (eo)
Finnish: albiino (fi)
French: albinos (fr) m or f
Galician: albino m, albina (gl) f
German: Albino (de) m
Greek: αλμπίνος (el) m (almpínos)
Irish: ailbíneach m, bánaí m, dall bán m
Italian: albino (it)
Jamaican Creole: dundus
Japanese: 白子 (しろこ, shiroko, しらこ, shirako), アルビノ (arubino)
Maori: kōrako
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albino (no)
Polish: albinos (pl) m, albinoska (pl) f
Portuguese: albino (pt) m, albina f
Russian: альбино́с (ru) m (alʹbinós), альбино́ска (ru) f (alʹbinóska)
Serbo-Croatian: албино m, albino m
Spanish: albino (es) m, albina (es) f
Swahili: zeruzeru (sw), albino (sw)
Swedish: albino (sv)
Tagalog: anak-araw (tl), sarka
Tausug: ugis
Welsh: albino (cy) m

References

(please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 22 September 2014, archived from the original on 2015-01-10

Anagrams

Albion, Bailon, laibon, no bail, no-bail, oliban, on bail

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Noun

albino c (singular definite albinoen, plural indefinite albinoer)

albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Inflection

Declension of albino

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	albino	albinoen	albinoer	albinoerne
genitive	albinos	albinoens	albinoers	albinoernes

Related terms

albinisme c

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish albino, from Latin albus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɑlˈbi.noː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: al‧bi‧no
Rhymes: -inoː

Noun

albino m or f (plural albino's, diminutive albino'tje n)

albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Descendants

→ Indonesian: albino

Adjective

albino (not comparable)

albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Inflection

Inflection of albino
uninflected	albino
inflected	albino
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		albino
indefinite	m./f. sing.	albino
	n. sing.	albino
	plural	albino
definite		albino
partitive

Related terms

albinisme

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

IPA^(key): [alˈbino]
Rhymes: -ino
Hyphenation: al‧bin‧o

Noun

albino (accusative singular albinon, plural albinoj, accusative plural albinojn)

albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Galician

Adjective

albino m (feminine singular albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

albino

Derived terms

albinismo

Noun

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

albino

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch albino, from Spanish albino, from Latin albus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [alˈbino]
Hyphenation: al‧bi‧no

Noun

albino (first-person possessive albinoku, second-person possessive albinomu, third-person possessive albinonya)

albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism.

Related terms

albinisme

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alˈbi.no/
Rhymes: -ino
Hyphenation: al‧bì‧no

Adjective

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albini, feminine plural albine)

albino

Derived terms

albinismo

Noun

albino m (plural albini, feminine albina)

albino

Anagrams

Alboni, Libano, bolina, inalbo

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Noun

albino m (definite singular albinoen, indefinite plural albinoer, definite plural albinoene)

an albino (person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism)
(as a noun modifier) albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Noun

albino m (definite singular albinoen, indefinite plural albinoar, definite plural albinoane)

an albino (as above)
(as a noun modifier) albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

References

“albino” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus[1].

Adjective

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Derived terms

albinismo

Noun

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

References

“albino” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Noun

albíno m (Cyrillic spelling алби́но)

albino

Declension

Declension of albino

	singular	plural
nominative	albíno	albíni
genitive	albína	albina
dative	albinu	albinima
accusative	albína	albine
vocative	albíno	albini
locative	albinu	albinima
instrumental	albinom	albinima

Related terms

albin

Spanish

Etymology

albo +‎ -ino, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alˈbino/ [alˈβ̞i.no]
Rhymes: -ino
Syllabification: al‧bi‧no

Adjective

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Derived terms

albinismo

Noun

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Anagrams

bolina, Líbano, lobina

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English albino.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

albino (ma class, plural maalbino)

albino
Synonym: zeruzeru

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Adjective

albino

albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Usage notes

Compounded with the noun it modifies, e.g. albinopåfågel for English "albino peacock").

Noun

albino c (plural albiner)

albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Anagrams

Albion

[alb-1] (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 22 September 2014, archived from the original on 2015-01-10

[2] “albino” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

albino

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