álbum

See also: album, Album, àlbum, albüm, and Appendix:Variations of "album"

Portuguese

Etymology

From German Album, from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”). Doublet of alvo.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɫ.βũ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.bũ/

Noun

álbum m (plural álbuns)

album

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin album. Cf. German Album. Doublet of albo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈalbun/, [ˈalβũn]

Noun

álbum m (plural álbumes or álbums)

album (a book designed to keep photographs, stamps, autographs)
album (a phonograph record composed of several tracks)

Further reading

“álbum” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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