# albumen
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈælbjʊmən/, /ælˈbjuːmən/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈalbjʊmɪn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːmən
* Hyphenation: al‧bu‧men

### Noun

albumen (countable and uncountable, plural albumens or albumina)
* The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.
    Synonyms: egg white, glair
    Coordinate term: yolk
** 1892, Ella Eaton Kellogg, “Foods”, in Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes‎, Revised edition, Michigan: Health Publishing Company, page 25:The various elements found in food are the following: Starch, sugar, fats, albumen, mineral substances, indigestible substances.
* (archaic) The endosperm of flowering plants.

#### Derived terms

* albumenise
* albumenization
* albumenize
* albumenoid

#### Related terms

* albumin

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “albumen”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /alˈbuː.men/, [äɫ̪ˈbuːmɛn]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /alˈbu.men/, [älˈbuːmen]

### Noun

albūmen n (genitive albūminis); third declension
* albumen; the white of an egg
    Synonyms: albāmentum, albor, album
    Coordinate terms: vitellus, vitellum

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

#### Related terms

* albāmentum
* albārium
* albārius
* albātus
* albēdō
* albeō
* albēscō
* albicēris
* albicō
* albidus
* albitūdō
* albor
* albūgō
* albulus
* album
* alburnum
* albus

#### Descendants

* → English: albumen
* → French: albumen m, ⇒ albumine f
** → English: albumin
** → Russian: альбуми́н m (alʹbumín)
** → Spanish: albúmina f
* → Italian: albume m
* → Romanian: albumen n
* → Spanish: albumen m
** → Tagalog: albumen

### 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.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French albumen.

### Noun

albumen n (uncountable)
* albumen

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albūmen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈbumen/ [alˈβ̞u.mẽn]
* Rhymes: -umen
* Syllabification: al‧bu‧men

### Noun

albumen m (plural albúmenes)
* egg white, albumen
    Synonym: clara

#### Related terms

* albúmina

### Further reading

* “albumen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

albumen
* definite plural of album

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish albumen, from Latin albūmen. Doublet of albumina.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔalˈbumen/ [ʔɐlˈbuː.mɛn̪]
* Rhymes: -umen
* Syllabification: al‧bu‧men

### Noun

albumen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔)
* albumen (white part of an egg)
    Synonyms: puti ng itlog, klara, klaro ng itlog, kaputian ng itlog
* (biology) albumen (endosperm)
    Synonym: endospermo

#### Related terms

* alba
* albino
* album
* albumina

#### See also

* yema

### Further reading

* “albumen”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “albumen”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 21