alb

Etymology

Middle English albe, from Old English, from Medieval Latin alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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 2014, p. 131:

     ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.

Anagrams

• Abl., BAL, BLA, LAB, Lab, Lab., abl., lab

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

Alternative forms

• alp

Etymology

From Old High German alp, 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

References

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alb/

Adjective

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

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

Noun

alb m (plural albi)

1. the color white
2. white person

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) alv

Etymology

From Latin albus.

Adjective

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

1. (Vallader) white