albino

See also Albino

English

Etymology

Portuguese albino, diminutive of albo, from Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ælˈbiːnəʊ/
• (US) IPA: /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/

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Adjective

albino (not comparable)

1. congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism

Usage notes

• Considered by some to be offensive when used as a term for human beings; more neutral language being "albinistic".
• Not properly comparative; one either has albinism (a recessive genetic trait) or does not. While the effects of albinism may be more marked in some individuals, this does not make those individuals "more albino" than others. To the extent that it could be comparable, perhaps in metaphoric usage, the comparatives would be more, most, less, least albino; not *albinoer, *albinest, etc.

Synonyms

• (lacking melanin): albinal, albinic, albinistic, albinoid, hypomelanistic, hypomelanoid, amelanistic, amelanoid

Antonyms

• (having an excess of melanin): hypermelanistic, hypermelanoid, melanistic, melanoid

See also

• (lacking pigment): hypopigmented
• (having an excess of pigment): hyperpigmented

Translations

congenitally lacking melanin

Dutch: albino (nl) Esperanto: albina (eo) Finnish: albiino (compounds to noun) French: albinos (fr) German: albino (hyphenates to noun) Greek: αλμπίνος (el) Japanese: アルビノの (ja) (arubino no)

Kurdish: كوردي: albîno Norwegian: Bokmål: albino (no) Portuguese: albino, albina Spanish: albino (es) Swahili: zeruzeru (sw) Swedish: albino (sv) (compounds to noun)

Noun

albino (plural albinos or albinoes)

1. (countable) person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism

Usage notes

• Considered by some to be offensive when used as a term for human beings; more neutral language being "person with albinism".

Synonyms

• (one lacking melanin): albinoid, hypomelanoid, amelanoid

Antonyms

• (one having an excess of melanin): hypermelanoid, melano, melanoid

Translations

one congenitally lacking melanin

Croatian: albino (hr) m. Danish: albino (da) Dutch: albino (nl) Esperanto: albino (eo) Finnish: albiino (fi) French: albino (fr) German: albino (de) Italian: albino (it) Japanese: 白子 (しろこ, shiroko, しらこ, shirako), アルビノ (arubino)

Norwegian: Bokmål: albino (no) Polish: albinos (pl) m. Portuguese: albino (pt) m., albina (pt) f. Russian: альбинос (ru) (al'binós) m. Spanish: albino (es) m., albina (es) f. Swahili: zeruzeru (sw) Swedish: albino (sv)

Derived terms

albinism albinistic albinoid

albinic albinal

Anagrams

• Albion

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin albino or Portuguese albino, from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun

albino c. (singular definite albinoen, plural indefinite albinoer)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Related terms

• albinisme c.

Inflection

    Inflection of albino

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	albino	albinoen	albinoer	albinoerne
genitive	albinos	albinoens	albinoers	albinoernes

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Dutch

Adjective

albino (not comparable)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Noun

albino c. (plural albino's, diminutive albino'tje)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

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Esperanto

Noun

albino (plural albinoj, accusative singular albinon, accusative plural albinojn)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

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French

Noun

albino m. (plural albinos)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Anagrams

• anobli

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German

Adjective

albino

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Usage notes

• Hyphenated with the noun it modifies, e.g. "albino-Pinguin" for English "albino penguin".

Related terms

• Albino n

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Italian

Adjective

albino m. (f. albina, m plural albini, f plural albine)

1. albino

Noun

albino m. (plural albini, feminine singular albina)

1. albino

Anagrams

• bolina, Libano

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Norwegian

Adjective

albino

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Noun

albino (plural albinoer)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

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Portuguese

Adjective

albino m. (feminine albina plural albinos feminine plural albinas; comparable)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Noun

albino m. (plural albinos, feminine singular albina, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

albíno m. (Cyrillic spelling албино)

1. albino

Synonyms

• albin

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Spanish

Adjective

albino m. (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Noun

albino m. (plural albinos, feminine singular albina, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

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Swedish

Adjective

albino

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Usage notes

• Compounded with the noun it modifies, e.g. "albinopåfågel" for English "albino peacock").

Noun

albino c. (plural albinos)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism