albumen

See also: albúmen

English

Etymology

From Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈælbjʊmən/, /ælˈbjuːmən/
  • Rhymes: -uːmən
  • Hyphenation: al‧bu‧men

Noun

albumen (countable and uncountable, plural albumens or albumina)

  1. The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

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Latin

Etymology

From albus (“white”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbuː.men/, [aɫˈbuː.mẽ]

Noun

albūmen n (genitive albūminis); third declension

  1. albumen; the white of an egg

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative albūmen albūmina
genitive albūminis albūminum
dative albūminī albūminibus
accusative albūmen albūmina
ablative albūmine albūminibus
vocative albūmen albūmina

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Descendants

References

  • albumen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • albumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Noun

albumen m (plural albúmenes)

  1. egg white, albumen

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Swedish

Noun

albumen

  1. definite plural of album
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