alban

See also: Alban and albán

English

Alternative forms

• albane

Etymology

Borrowed from French albane (in the form alban, respelt after the German Alban), from the Latin albus (“white”) + the French -ane (“-an”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ălʹbən, IPA^(key): /ˈalbən/, [ˈalbn̩]

Noun

alban (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, now rare) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

Translations

white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “alban”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Balan, Blaan, Laban, Nabal, banal, laban, labna, nabal, nabla

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

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Noun

alban (definite accusative albanı, plural albanlar)

1. Albanian
2. Caucasian Albanian

   Synonym: Qafqaz albanı

Derived terms

• albanca

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Finnish

Noun

alban

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of alba

Anagrams

• nabla

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Icelandic

Noun

alban

1. definite nominative singular of alba

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

alban m (definite singular albanen, indefinite plural albanar, definite plural albanane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of albanar

Etymology 2

Noun

alban m

1. (nonstandard) definite singular of alba

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Swedish

Etymology

Albanien +‎ -an

Noun

alban c

1. Albanian; person, chiefly male, from Albania.

Declension

Declension of alban
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	alban	albanen	albaner	albanerna
Genitive	albans	albanens	albaners	albanernas

Related terms

• Albanien n (“Albania”)
• albanska c (“Albanian language; Albanian female”)
• albansk (“Albanian”, adjective)

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Uzbek

Noun

alban (plural albanlar)

1. Albanian

Derived terms

• albancha

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalban/

Noun

alban m (plural albanau)

1. (literary) period of three months, quarter of a year
2. (literary) equinox

   Synonym: cyhydnos

3. (literary) solstice

   Synonyms: heuldro, heulsaf, troad y rhod

Derived terms

• Alban Arthan
• Alban Cyntefin
• Alban Eilir
• Alban Elfed
• Alban Hefin
• Alban Hyfed

Noun

alban m (uncountable)

1. (music) element in names of some of the 24 metres in Cerdd Dant

Related terms

• alfarch
• carsi
• fflamgwr
• hatyr
• macydelgi, macadelgi
• macymwn, macamwn
• rhinart, rhiniart
• titr
• toddf, toddyf
• trwsgl
• wnsach

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
alban	unchanged	unchanged	halban
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “alban”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies