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/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈalbjʊmɪn/
- Rhymes: -uːmən
- Hyphenation: al‧bu‧men
Translations
white part of an egg
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbuː.men/, [aɫˈbuː.mɛn]
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | albūmen | albūmina |
Genitive | albūminis | albūminum |
Dative | albūminī | albūminibus |
Accusative | albūmen | albūmina |
Ablative | albūmine | albūminibus |
Vocative | albūmen | albūmina |
Synonyms
- (albumen of an egg): albāmentum, albor, album
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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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈbumen/, [alˈβumẽn]
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Further reading
- “albumen” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
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