albicant

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albicāns (“whitening, becoming white”, oblique stem: albicant-), present participle of albicō (“I am white”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ălʹbĭkənt, IPA^(key): /ˈalbɪkənt/,

Adjective

albicant (not comparable)

(obsolete, rare) Growing or becoming white.

Translations

growing or becoming white

Portuguese: albicante

References

“albicant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bi.kant/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bi.kant/,

Verb

albicant

third-person plural present active indicative of albicō

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