alba
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ălʹbə, IPA(key): /ˈæl.bə/
Etymology 1
First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).
Noun
alba (plural albas)
Further reading
Alba (poetry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
First attested in 1848; borrowed from Latin alba (the feminine form of albus (“white”)) in the now-disused species name of binomial nomenclature Template:taxling (it is now considered a hybrid and is accordingly called Rosa × alba).
Noun
alba (plural albas)
- A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
- A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
Further reading
List of Rosa species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin albus (“white”).
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin albus (“white”).
Chickasaw
Finnish
Noun
alba
- An alb; a long white gown worn in various Christian ceremonies by the priest or the parishioners, especially in a confirmation by the people who are being confirmed
Declension
Inflection of alba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alba | albat | |
genitive | alban | albojen | |
partitive | albaa | alboja | |
illative | albaan | alboihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alba | albat | |
accusative | nom. | alba | albat |
gen. | alban | ||
genitive | alban | albojen albainrare | |
partitive | albaa | alboja | |
inessive | albassa | alboissa | |
elative | albasta | alboista | |
illative | albaan | alboihin | |
adessive | alballa | alboilla | |
ablative | albalta | alboilta | |
allative | alballe | alboille | |
essive | albana | alboina | |
translative | albaksi | alboiksi | |
instructive | — | alboin | |
abessive | albatta | alboitta | |
comitative | — | alboineen |
Icelandic
Declension
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | alba | alban | ölbur | ölburnar |
accusative | ölbu | ölbuna | ölbur | ölburnar |
dative | ölbu | ölbunni | ölbum | ölbunum |
genitive | ölbu | ölbunnar | alba | albanna |
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalba/
- Hyphenation: àl‧ba
Noun
alba f (plural albe)
Derived terms
See also
- (times of day) parte del giorno; aurora, alba, mattino/mattina, mezzogiorno, pomeriggio, tramonto, crepuscolo, sera, notte, mezzanotte (Category: it:Time) [edit]
Latin
Etymology
From albus (“white”).
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ba/, [ˈaɫ.ba]
Noun
alba f (genitive albae); first declension
- a white precious stone, the pearl
- vocative singular of alba
Declension
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | alba | albae |
Genitive | albae | albārum |
Dative | albae | albīs |
Accusative | albam | albās |
Ablative | albā | albīs |
Vocative | alba | albae |
References
- alba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- alba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- alba in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Adjective
alba
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.baː/, [ˈaɫ.baː]
Noun
albā
- ablative singular of alba
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“mountain”)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal.ba/
Audio (file)
Declension
Portuguese
Romanian
Etymology
Definite form of albă, from Latin alba, feminine of albus. For the sense of "dawn" or "sunrise", see Vulgar Latin alba, whence also Spanish and Italian alba, French aube, Portuguese alva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal.ba/
Adjective
alba
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin albus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalba/, [ˈalβa]
Usage notes
- The feminine noun alba is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
Further reading
- “alba” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.