albumen

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”).

[edit] Noun

albumen (countable and uncountable; plural albumens or albumina)

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

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white part of an egg

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From albus (“white”).

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[edit] Noun

albūmen (genitive albūminis); n, third declension

  1. albumen; the white of an egg

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Number Singular Plural
nominative albūmen albūmina
genitive albūminis albūminum
dative albūminī albūminibus
accusative albūmen albūmina
ablative albūmine albūminibus
vocative albūmen albūmina

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[edit] Noun

albumen

  1. definite plural of album
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