alba

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Chickasaw 3.1 Noun 4 Finnish 4.1 Noun 5 Icelandic 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Declension 6 Italian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Derived terms 6.2.2 See also 7 Latin 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 1 7.2.1 Adjective 7.3 Pronunciation 2 7.3.1 Adjective 8 Old High German 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun 9 Portuguese 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Adjective 9.2.1 Derived terms 10 Romanian 10.1 Adjective 11 Spanish 11.1 Adjective 11.2 Noun 11.2.1 Synonyms 11.2.2 Usage notes

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

alba (plural albas)

1. A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
2. A type of white rose, rosa alba.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aabl
• Baal
• LABA

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

from Latin albus (“‘white’”).

[edit] Noun

alba f. (plural albes)

1. dawn
2. the white tunic worn by priests

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[edit] Chickasaw

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alba

1. a weed
2. an uncultivated plant

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

alba (stem alb-^*)

1. An alb; a long white gown worn in various Christian ceremonies by the priest or the parishioners, esp. in a confirmation by the people who are being confirmed.

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[edit] Icelandic

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alba f.

1. alb (priestly robe)

[edit] Declension

f-w1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	alba	alban	ölbur	ölburnar
Accusative	ölbu	ölbuna	ölbur	ölburnar
Dative	ölbu	ölbunni	ölbum	ölbunum
Genitive	ölbu	ölbunnar	alba	albanna

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin albus (“‘white’”).

[edit] Noun

alba f. (plural albe)

1. dawn, daybreak, break of day

[edit] Derived terms

• albeggiare

[edit] See also

• aurora
• levar del sole

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Inflected form of albus (“‘white’”).

[edit] Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈal.ba/

[edit] Adjective

alba

1. nominative feminine singular of albus
2. nominative neuter plural of albus
3. accusative neuter plural of albus
4. vocative feminine singular of albus
5. vocative neuter plural of albus

[edit] Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈal.baː/

[edit] Adjective

albā

1. ablative feminine singular of albus

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

From a Pre-Indo-European *alb-, ‘mountain’

[edit] Noun

alba f.

1. alpine pasture
2. alp

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

From Latin albus (“‘white’”).

[edit] Adjective

alba m. (plural albas)

1. white

[edit] Derived terms

• albino

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Adjective

alba

1. definite feminine singular nominative form of alb.
2. definite feminine singular accusative form of alb.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

alba f. (masculine albo, feminine plural albas, masculine plural albos)

1. Feminine form of albo.

[edit] Noun

alba f. (plural albas)

1. dawn

[edit] Synonyms

• amanecer

[edit] Usage notes

The feminine noun alba is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el alba

However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.