albor

See also: Albor

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əlˈβo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əlˈbo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [alˈboɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin albōrem.

Noun

albor f (plural albors)

1. whiteness

   Synonym: blancor

2. dawnlight

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin alburnus. Doublet of alburn, a learned borrowing.

Noun

albor m (plural albors)

1. bleak (fish of the genus Alburnus)

Further reading

• “albor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From Latin albor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈβoɾ/

Noun

albor m (plural albores)

1. dawn

   Synonyms: abrente, alborada, amencer, aurora

2. leaping mullet (Chelon saliens)

Derived terms

• Albor
• alborada

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “albor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “albor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *albʰós

Proto-Italic *alβos

Latin albus

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin albor

From albus (“white”) + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.bɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.bor]

Noun

albor m (genitive albōris); third declension

1. whiteness
2. albumen, egg white

   Synonyms: albāmentum, albumen, album

   Coordinate terms: vitellus, vitellum

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	albor	albōrēs
genitive	albōris	albōrum
dative	albōrī	albōribus
accusative	albōrem	albōrēs
ablative	albōre	albōribus
vocative	albor	albōrēs

Synonyms

• (whiteness): albēdō, albitūdō, album
• (albumen): albāmentum, album, albūmen

Related terms

• albāmentum
• albārium
• albārius
• albātus
• albēdō
• albeō
• albēscō
• albicēris
• albicō
• albidus
• albitūdō
• albūgō
• albulus
• album
• albūmen
• alburnum
• albus

Descendants

• Catalan: albor
• Galician: albor
• Italian: albore
• Old French: aubour
• Portuguese: → albor, alvor
• Romanian: alboare
• Sardinian: arbore
• Sicilian: alburi, arburi
• Spanish: albor

References

• “albor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "albor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “albor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• labor, labrō

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin albōrem. Doublet of alvor.

Noun

albor m (plural albores)

1. dawn
2. dawnlight

Synonyms

• aurora, alvor, alva, alba, alvorada, amanhecer, dilúculo, arrebol (dawnlight)

Further reading

• “albor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “albor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin alborem, from Latin albus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈboɾ/ [alˈβ̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: al‧bor

Noun

albor m (plural albores)

1. whiteness (state of being white)

   Synonyms: blancura, albura

2. dawnlight
3. dawn

Derived terms

• alborada
• quebrar albores

Related terms

• albo

Further reading

• “albor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025