# alba
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ălʹbə, IPA: /ˈæl.bə/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Etymology 1

First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).

#### Noun

alba (plural albas)
* (poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

##### Translations
#### 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 Rosa alba (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.

##### Derived terms

* aquila alba
* linea alba
* magnesia alba
* phlegmasia alba dolens
* terra alba

#### Further reading

* List of Rosa species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 3

First attested in 1859; borrowed from Latin alba, the nominative plural form of album (“blank tablet”), whence the English album.

#### Noun

alba pl
* (rare) plural of album
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:alba.

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba (“alb”), from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alb.

#### Noun

alba (plural albas)
* Synonym of alb
** 1857, Isaac F[arwell] Holton, “Montserrate and the Boqueron”, in New Granada: Twenty Months in the Andes, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 217:On a little plot of grass near the kitchen the family were spreading out a large supply of priestly vestments—albas, casullas, capas pluviales, ornamentos, parmentos, cíngulas, estolas, frontales, etc., etc., etc.
** 1932, Theodore Komisarjevsky, The Costume of the Theatre, page 56:Christ, whom they meet, must wear an alba and an amictus, be barefooted, and carry a cross on the left shoulder.
** 1979, Yearbook, Board of Publication of the Lutheran Church in America, page 494:Traditional styles such as cassocks and cottas, or contemporary trends in robes and collars, choir albas, skirts, caps and acolyte vestments.
** 2000, Ivo Hlobil, Ladislav Daniel, editors, The Last Flowers of the Middle Ages: From the Gothic to the Renaissance in Moravia and Silesia, →ISBN, page 304:Another canon with a biretta in his hand, wearing an alba and an upper fur mucia, is kneeling to the left of the Crucifix;

### Anagrams

* AABL, Ba'al, Baal, Bala, Baʿal, LABA, baal, blaa, laab

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

### Noun

alba f (plural albes)
* dawn

#### Synonyms

* amanecer

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈal.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈal.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈal.ba]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

#### Noun

alba f (plural albes)
* dawn
* (Catholicism, liturgy) the white tunic worn by priests

##### Alternative forms

* auba

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

alba f (plural albes)
* Alternative form of àlber (“white poplar”)

### Further reading

* “alba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “alba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “alba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chickasaw
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈba/

### Noun

alba (alienable)
* a weed
* an uncultivated plant

#### Inflection

| Nouns in vowel-, b-, or p- | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
| 1st-person ("my, our") | amalba am-alba | pomalba pom-alba | hapomalba hapom-alba |
| 2nd-person ("thy, your") | chimalba chim-alba | hachimalba hachim-alba | hachimalba hachim-alba |
| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | imalba im-alba | imalba im-alba | imalba im-alba |

#### Derived terms

* alba balalli'
* alba haloppa'
* alba homi'
* alba ishpiya'
* alba lakna'
* alba lowak
* alba paka̱li'
* alba pishokchi'
* alba tonolli'
* albimpishokchi'
* albokchi'
* alboppolo'

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalba]
* Rhymes: -alba

### Noun

alba
* inflection of album:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin alba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑlbɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lbɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑlbɑ
* Hyphenation: al‧ba

### 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

Possessive forms of alba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
albani
albani
accusative
nom.
albani
albani
gen.
albani
genitive
albani
albojeni albaini $^{rare}$
partitive
albaani
albojani
inessive
albassani
alboissani
elative
albastani
alboistani
illative
albaani
alboihini
adessive
alballani
alboillani
ablative
albaltani
alboiltani
allative
alballeni
alboilleni
essive
albanani
alboinani
translative
albakseni
alboikseni
abessive
albattani
alboittani
instructive
comitative
—alboineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
albasi
albasi
accusative
nom.
albasi
albasi
gen.
albasi
genitive
albasi
albojesi albaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
albaasi
albojasi
inessive
albassasi
alboissasi
elative
albastasi
alboistasi
illative
albaasi
alboihisi
adessive
alballasi
alboillasi
ablative
albaltasi
alboiltasi
allative
alballesi
alboillesi
essive
albanasi
alboinasi
translative
albaksesi
alboiksesi
abessive
albattasi
alboittasi
instructive
comitative
—alboinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
albamme
albamme
accusative
nom.
albamme
albamme
gen.
albamme
genitive
albamme
albojemme albaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
albaamme
albojamme
inessive
albassamme
alboissamme
elative
albastamme
alboistamme
illative
albaamme
alboihimme
adessive
alballamme
alboillamme
ablative
albaltamme
alboiltamme
allative
alballemme
alboillemme
essive
albanamme
alboinamme
translative
albaksemme
alboiksemme
abessive
albattamme
alboittamme
instructive
comitative
—alboinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
albanne
albanne
accusative
nom.
albanne
albanne
gen.
albanne
genitive
albanne
albojenne albainne $^{rare}$
partitive
albaanne
albojanne
inessive
albassanne
alboissanne
elative
albastanne
alboistanne
illative
albaanne
alboihinne
adessive
alballanne
alboillanne
ablative
albaltanne
alboiltanne
allative
alballenne
alboillenne
essive
albananne
alboinanne
translative
albaksenne
alboiksenne
abessive
albattanne
alboittanne
instructive
comitative
—alboinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
albansa
albansa
accusative
nom.
albansa
albansa
gen.
albansa
genitive
albansa
albojensa albainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
albaansa
albojaan albojansa
inessive
albassaan albassansa
alboissaan alboissansa
elative
albastaan albastansa
alboistaan alboistansa
illative
albaansa
alboihinsa
adessive
alballaan alballansa
alboillaan alboillansa
ablative
albaltaan albaltansa
alboiltaan alboiltansa
allative
alballeen alballensa
alboilleen alboillensa
essive
albanaan albanansa
alboinaan alboinansa
translative
albakseen albaksensa
alboikseen alboiksensa
abessive
albattaan albattansa
alboittaan alboittansa
instructive
comitative
—alboineen alboinensa :

### Further reading

* “alba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* alva (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alva (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *alba, the feminine of albus (“white”). Cognate with Portuguese alva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalβɐ]

### Noun

alba f (plural albas)
* dawn
    Synonyms: alborada, abrente

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alva”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Icelandic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalpa/
* Homophone: Alba

### Noun

alba f (genitive singular ölbu, nominative plural ölbur)
* alb (priestly robe)

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈalba/ [ˈal.ba]
* Rhymes: -alba
* Syllabification: al‧ba

### Noun

alba (plural alba-alba)
* (Catholicism) alb: a long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

### Further reading

* “alba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Istriot
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

### Noun

alba f
* dawn

## Italian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”). Compare French aube.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.ba/
* Rhymes: -alba
* Hyphenation: àl‧ba
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

alba f (plural albe)
* dawn, daybreak, break of day
    Synonym: aurora
** 1926, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni, “Nessun dorma”, in Turandot:Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle! All'alba, vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò!(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* sunrise
    Synonyms: aurora, levar del sole
** 2017, Baby K, “Voglio ballare con te”, performed by Andrés Ceballos:Voglio vedere le luci dell’alba cambiare colore(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* albeggiare
* albino

#### See also

* aurora
* alba
* mattino ~ mattina
* mezzogiorno
* pomeriggio
* tramonto
* crepuscolo
* sera
* notte
* mezzanotte

### Anagrams

* Baal

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* alba: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈal.ba/, [ˈäɫ̪bä]
* alba: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈal.ba/, [ˈälbä]
* albā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈal.baː/, [ˈäɫ̪bäː]
* albā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈal.ba/, [ˈälbä]

### Etymology 1

From albus (“white”).

#### Noun

alba f (genitive albae); first declension
* a white precious stone, the pearl
* (VL.) dawn

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

alba
* inflection of albus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Adjective

albā
* ablative feminine singular of albus

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin alba (“white”).

### Noun

alba m (definite singular albaen, indefinite plural albaer, definite plural albaene)
* (Christianity) alb

### References

* “alba” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “alba” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin alba (“white”).

### Noun

alba m (definite singular albaen, indefinite plural albaar or albaer, definite plural albaane or albaene)
* (Christianity) alb

### References

* “alba” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *albijā, from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (“(upper) world; high mountain; alpine pasture”), from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”).

### Noun

alba f
* alpine pasture
* alp

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.ba/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alba
* Syllabification: al‧ba
* Homophone: Alba

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin alba. First attested in 1528.

#### Noun

alba f
* (Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Roman Catholicism) alb (long white robe worn by ministers at religious ceremonies)
    Coordinate term: komża
    białe alby ― white albs

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Occitan alba. First attested in the 20th century.

#### Noun

alba f
* (historical, poetry) alba (genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Halbe. First attested in the 17th century.

#### Noun

alba f
* Middle Polish form of halba

##### Declension
### References

* 1 2 Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alba”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Teresa Sokołowska (30.07.2012) “ALBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

### Further reading

* alba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* alba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “alba”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alba (“white”). Doublet of alva. Compare French aube (“dawn”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw.bɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.bɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw.bɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.bɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw.ba/ [ˈaʊ̯.ba]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈal.bɐ/ [ˈaɫ.βɐ]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -albɐ, (Brazil) -awbɐ
* Hyphenation: al‧ba

### Noun

alba f (plural albas)
* dawn, daybreak
    Synonyms: alva, aurora, alvorada, crepúsculo

## 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: /ˈal.ba/

### Adjective

alba
* definite feminine singular nominative/accusative of alb

### Noun

alba f (plural albe)
* (popular) dawn, daybreak, sunrise
    Synonyms: zori, auroră, răsărit

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

### Noun

alba f
* dawn

## Sidamo
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Gedeo አልበ (alba).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalba/
* Hyphenation: al‧ba

### Noun

alba m
* face
* front
* living room

#### Usage notes

* A traditional Sidamo house may combine the alba with a kitchen. The other room is called the holge.

### References

* Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 33
* Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “alba”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalba/ [ˈal.β̞a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -alba
* Syllabification: al‧ba

### Noun

alba f (plural albas)
* dawn
    Synonym: amanecer
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 8:La orgía se prolongó hasta el alba.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

* Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like alba take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el alba. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al alba, del alba. This is to avoid doubling of the /a/ sound.
    These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un alba or una alba. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).
    However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor alba, una buena alba.
* If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el alba única, un(a) alba buena.
* In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

#### Derived terms

* lucero del alba

### Adjective

alba
* feminine singular of albo

### Further reading

* “albo”, 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alba, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus. Doublet of album.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈʔalba/ [ˈʔal.bɐ]
*** Rhymes: -alba
*** Homophone: Alba
** IPA: /ʔalˈba/ [ʔɐlˈba] (obsolete)
* Syllabification: al‧ba

### Noun

alba (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊ)
* daybreak; dawn
    Synonyms: liwayway, bukang-liwayway, aliwayway
* (Christianity) alb

#### Derived terms

* alba-albahan

#### Related terms

* albino
* album
* albumen
* albumina

### Further reading

* “alba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page Alba) Alba [(pc)] C. con que ſe celebra la miſſa
* 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

### Anagrams

* laab, bala, abla, alab, laba