# alb
## Translingual
### Symbol

alb
* (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Albanian.

## English
### Alternative forms

* albe, aube (both obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English aube, awbe, albe, abbe, from Late Old English albe (but later reinforced by Old French aube, Medieval Latin alba), borrowed from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ælb/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Rhymes: -ælb
* (UK, also) IPA: /ɑːlb/
** Rhymes: -ɑːlb

### Noun

alb (plural albs)
* (Christianity, chiefly Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.
** 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 131:‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.

#### Synonyms

* alba

#### Derived terms

* albed

#### Related terms

* album
* albumin
* albus
* Albion

#### See also

* epigonation
* epimanikion
* epitrachelion
* maniple
* omophorion
* rhason
* sakkos
* sticharion
* zone

### Anagrams

* Lab, BLA, BAL, LAB, bla, Lab., lab, abl.

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* albu

### Etymology

From Latin albus. Compare to Daco-Romanian alb.

### Adjective

alb (feminine albe, masculine plural alghi, feminine plural albi)
* white
* (figurative) clean

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin albus. Only used in poetic/literary contexts or found in some toponyms.

### Adjective

alb (feminine alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albes)
* (poetic) white
    Synonym: blanc

#### Derived terms

* albenc

#### Related terms

* alba
* albedo
* eixalbar

### Further reading

* “alb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalp]

### Noun

alb
* genitive plural of album

## Megleno-Romanian
### Alternative forms

* albu

### Etymology

From Latin albus.

### Adjective

alb m (plural aľbi, feminine plural albi)
* white

### References

* Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske
* ↑ https://www.dex.ro/alb

## Middle High German
### Alternative forms

* alp

### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German alp, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈalb/

### Noun

alb m (plural elbe or elber)
* elf
* friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy

#### Usage notes

* Used through the 13th century.

#### Descendants

* German: Alb, Albdruck, Albtraum.

### References

* Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin albus, from Proto-Italic *alβos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos, *álbʰos, *albʰós (“white”). Doublet of album.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalb/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alb

### Adjective

alb m or n (feminine singular albă, masculine plural albi, feminine and neuter plural albe)
* white
    Antonym: negru
* white (Caucasian)
    Synonym: caucazian
    Antonym: negru

#### Declension
### Noun

alb m (plural albi, feminine equivalent albă)
* the color white
* white person

#### Derived terms

* alb de plumb
* alb de titan
* alb de zinc
* alb-negru
* alba-neagra
* albicios
* albul ochiului
* albuș
* albuț
* armă albă
* carne albă
* cec în alb
* îi scoate peri albi
* negru pe alb
* noapte albă
* semna în alb
* vers alb
* vin alb

#### Related terms

* albă
* albi
* albeață
* albastru

### See also

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text) :
| alb | gri | negru |
| roșu; carmin | portocaliu; maro | galben; crem |
| | verde | verde mentă |
| cyan | bleu | albastru |
| violet; indigo | mov; purpură | roz |

### Further reading

* alb in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* alv (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter)

### Etymology

From Latin albus.

### Adjective

alb m (feminine singular alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albas)
* (Vallader) white

#### Antonyms

* (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
* (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ner
* (Surmiran) neir