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See also: albúmen
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈælbjʊmən/, /ælˈbjuːmən/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈalbjʊmɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːmən
- Hyphenation: al‧bu‧men
Noun[edit]
albumen (countable and uncountable, plural albumens or albumina)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
white part of an egg
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Further reading[edit]
- “albumen”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From albus (“white”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbuː.men/, [äɫ̪ˈbuːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈbu.men/, [älˈbuːmen]
Noun[edit]
albūmen n (genitive albūminis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | albūmen | albūmina |
Genitive | albūminis | albūminum |
Dative | albūminī | albūminibus |
Accusative | albūmen | albūmina |
Ablative | albūmine | albūminibus |
Vocative | albūmen | albūmina |
Synonyms[edit]
- (albumen of an egg): albāmentum, albor, album
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “albumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- albumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
albumen n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of albumen (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) albumen | albumenul |
genitive/dative | (unui) albumen | albumenului |
vocative | albumenule |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
albumen m (plural albúmenes)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “albumen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
albumen
- definite plural of album
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