albumen

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Trivia 1.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin albumen (“‘whiteness’”), from albus (“‘white’”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“‘white’”). Compare Greek ἀλφός (alphos), “‘vitiligo, whiteness’”).

[edit] Noun

albumen (countable and uncountable; plural albumens or albumina)

1. The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

[edit] Synonyms

• egg white

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[edit] Trivia

Albumen was the winning word at the 4th Scripps National Spelling Bee. [1]

[edit] See also

• yolk