albe

See also: Albe and Albé

English

Etymology

From all + be (it).

Conjunction

albe

  1. (obsolete) Although; despite the fact that.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:
      Why should not that dead carrion satisfie / The guilt, which if he liued had thus long, / His life for due reuenge should deare abie? / The trespasse still doth liue, albe the person die.

Noun

albe (plural albes)

  1. Obsolete form of alb.

Anagrams


Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch albe, from Latin alba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.bə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧be
  • Rhymes: -ɑlbə

Noun

albe f (plural alben)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) alb

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin albus. Compare Italian alba.

Noun

albe f (plural albis)

  1. dawn

Italian

Noun

albe f

  1. plural of alba

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Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

albe

  1. vocative masculine singular of albus

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin albus.

Noun

albe f (oblique plural albes, nominative singular albe, nominative plural albes)

  1. dawn (sunrise; start of the day)

Descendants


Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal.be/

Adjective

albe

  1. nominative feminine plural of alb
  2. accusative feminine plural of alb
  3. nominative neuter plural of alb
  4. accusative neuter plural of alb
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