alb
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English albe, from Old English, from Medieval Latin alba, from Latin albus (“white”).
Noun [edit]
alb (plural albs)
- A long white robe worn by priests and other ministers at religious ceremonies, underneath most of the other vestments.
Translations [edit]
a long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
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Middle High German [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old High German alp, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.
Noun [edit]
Usage notes [edit]
- Used through the 13th century.
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.
Romanian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin albus.
Adjective [edit]
alb 4 nom/acc forms
Declension [edit]
declension of alb
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Noun [edit]
Romansch [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) alv
Etymology [edit]
From Latin albus.
Adjective [edit]
alb m f alba, m plural albs, f plural albas)
Antonyms [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English nouns
- en:Clerical vestments
- Middle High German terms derived from Old High German
- Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle High German nouns
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian adjectives
- Romanian nouns
- ro:Colors
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch adjectives
- Vallader Romansch
- rm:Colors
