alburn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin alburnus. Cognate with alburnum and auburn.

Noun

alburn (plural alburns)

1. The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
   • 1960, Monographiae biologicae: Volume 9:

     In the total yield of cyprinids, the dominating fish is alburn, […] a small delicate fish which in dense shoals inhabits the pelagial waters of the lake.

   • 1998, George Grosz, George Grosz: An Autobiography, page 7:

     It took patience to catch alburns, those hand-sized fish in the Stolpe.

Translations

bleak — see bleak

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alburnus. Doublet of albor, a popular development.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əlˈβurn]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əlˈburn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [alˈbuɾn]

Noun

alburn m (plural alburns)

1. common bleak

Further reading

• “alburn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian alburno or Latin alburnum.

Noun

alburn n (plural alburnuri)

1. sapwood

Declension

Declension of alburn

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) alburn	alburnul	(niște) alburnuri	alburnurile
genitive/dative	(unui) alburn	alburnului	(unor) alburnuri	alburnurilor
vocative	alburnule		alburnurilor