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alb

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

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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

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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”).

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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

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Etymology

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From Latin albus. Compare to Daco-Romanian alb.

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alb (feminine albe, masculine plural alghi, feminine plural albi)

  1. white
  2. (figurative) clean

Catalan

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Etymology

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From Latin albus. Only used in poetic/literary contexts or found in some toponyms.

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alb (feminine alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albes)

  1. (poetic) white
    Synonym: blanc

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Czech

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Noun

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alb

  1. genitive plural of album

Megleno-Romanian

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Etymology

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From Latin albus.[1]

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alb m (plural aľbi, feminine plural albi)

  1. white

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  • Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske
  1. ^ https://www.dex.ro/alb

Middle High German

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Etymology

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From Old High German alp, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

Noun

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alb m (plural elbe or elber)

  1. elf
  2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy

Usage notes

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  • Used through the 13th century.

Declension

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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

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  • German: Alb, Albdruck, Albtraum.

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  • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin albus, from Proto-Italic *alβos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos, *álbʰos, *albʰós (“white”). Doublet of album.

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alb m or n (feminine singular albă, masculine plural albi, feminine and neuter plural albe)

  1. white
  2. (figuratively) clean, pure, immaculate

Declension

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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

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alb m (plural albi)

  1. the color white
  2. white person

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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

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From Latin albus.

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alb m (feminine singular alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albas)

  1. (Vallader) white

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  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
  • (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ner
  • (Surmiran) neir
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