alb

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Abbreviation 2 English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Translations 2.2.2 Related terms 2.2.3 See also 2.3 Anagrams 3 Middle High German 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Usage notes 3.3 Noun 3.4 Alternative spellings 3.5 Derived terms 3.6 References 4 Romanian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adjective 4.2.1 Declension

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Abbreviation

alb

1. (as alb): ISO-639-3 code for Albanian

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English albe<Old English< Medieval Latin alba< Latin albus, "white".

[edit] Noun

alb (plural albs)

1. A long white robe worn by priests and other ministers at religious ceremonies, underneath most of the other vestments.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• album
• albumin
• albus
• Albion

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of abl
• BLA
• lab, Lab

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[edit] Middle High German

[edit] Etymology

Old High German also alb. From Indo-European root *albho- (brilliant, shining white).

[edit] Usage notes

Alb was used through the 13th century.

[edit] Noun

alb (plural elbe, elber)

1. elf
2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy

[edit] Alternative spellings

alp

[edit] Derived terms

• Elf, Albdruck, Albtraum.

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin albus

[edit] Adjective

alb ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. white

[edit] Declension