alba

See also Alba

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ălʹbə, IPA: /ˈælbə/, SAMPA: /"{lb@/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

alba (plural albas)

1. A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

External links

• Alba (poetry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Alba (poetry)

Etymology 2

First attested in 1848; from the 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)

1. A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
2. A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.

External links

• List of Rosa species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:List of Rosa species

Etymology 3

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

Noun

alba pl.

1. Plural form of album.
   • For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Anagrams

• Ba'al, Baal, LABA

---

Catalan

Etymology

from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun

alba f. (plural albes)

1. dawn
2. the white tunic worn by priests

---

Chickasaw

Noun

alba

1. a weed
2. an uncultivated plant

---

Finnish

Noun

alba

1. 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

Declension of alba (type kala) singular plural nominative alba albat genitive alban albojen albain1 partitive albaa alboja accusative alba alban albat inessive albassa alboissa elative albasta alboista illative albaan alboihin adessive alballa alboilla ablative albalta alboilta allative alballe alboille essive albana alboina translative albaksi alboiksi instructive – alboin abessive albatta alboitta comitative – alboineen 1) Rare.

---

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈalpa/

  Homophones: Alba

Noun

alba f. (genitive singular ölbu, plural ölbur)

1. alb (priestly robe)

Declension

declension of alba

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

---

Italian

Etymology

From Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈalba/
• Hyphenation: àl‧ba

Noun

alba f. (plural albe)

1. dawn, daybreak, break of day

Derived terms

• albeggiare

See also

• aurora
• levar del sole
• (times of day) parte del giorno; aurora, alba, mattino/mattina, mezzogiorno, pomeriggio, tramonto, crepuscolo, sera, notte, mezzanotte ^{(Category: it:Time) [edit]}

Anagrams

• Baal

---

Latin

Etymology

Inflected form of albus (“white”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈal.ba/

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

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈal.baː/

Adjective

albā

1. ablative feminine singular of albus

---

Old High German

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European *alb- (“mountain”)

Noun

alba f.

1. alpine pasture
2. alp

---

Polish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

alba f.

1. alb (long white robe worn by ministers at religious ceremonies)

Declension

    declension of alba

	singular	plural
nominative	alba	alby
genitive	alby	alb
dative	albie	albom
accusative	albę	alby
instrumental	albą	albami
locative	albie	albach
vocative	albo	alby

---

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin albus (“white”).

Adjective

alba m. and f. (plural albas; comparable)

1. white

Derived terms

• albino

---

Romanian

Adjective

alba

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

---

Spanish

Adjective

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

1. feminine form of albo

Noun

alba f. (plural albas)

1. dawn

Synonyms

• amanecer

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.