alb

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

Translingual

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alb

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

English

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

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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/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
    • Rhymes: -ælb
  • (UK, also) IPA(key): /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, published 2014, page 131:
      ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

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

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Czech

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Noun

alb

  1. genitive plural of album

Middle High German

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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.

Declension

Declension of alb (masculine, i-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein dër alb die elbe
genitive eines dës albes dër elbe
dative einem dëm albe dën elben
accusative einen dën alb die elbe

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.

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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

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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

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Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)
     alb      gri      negru
             roșu; carmin              portocaliu; maro              galben; crem
                          verde              verde mentă
             cyan              bleu              albastru
             violet; indigo              mov; purpură              roz

Romansch

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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
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