albumina

See also: albúmina and albuminą

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin albūmina.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ælˈbjuːmɪnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ælˈbjumənə/

Noun

albumina

1. (chiefly sciences) plural of albumen.

Anagrams

• Balumain, bimanual, manubial

Finnish

Noun

albumina

1. essive singular of albumi

Interlingua

Noun

albumina (uncountable)

1. albumin

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.buˈmi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: al‧bu‧mì‧na

Noun

albumina f (plural albumine)

1. (biochemistry) albumin

Latin

Noun

albūmina

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of albūmen

Polish

Alternative forms

• albumin (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *albʰós

Proto-Italic *alβos

Latin albus

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Italic *-mn̥

Latin -men

Latin albūmen

Proto-Indo-European *-iHneh

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀnāˀder.

Proto-Slavic *-ina

Old Polish -ina

Polish -ina

Polish albumina

From Latin albūmen + Polish -ina. First attested in 1807.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.buˈmi.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: al‧bu‧mi‧na

Noun

albumina f

1. (biochemistry) albumin

   ludzka albumina ― human albumin

   albumina znakowana ― albumin marked (for something)

   surowicza albumina wołowa ― bovine serum albumin

   wydalanie albumin z moczem ― excretion of albumins in urine

   stężenie albumin ― concentration of albumins

   roztwór albuminy ― a solution of albumin

   zawartość albumin ― contents of albumins

   poziom albumin ― level of albumins

   albuminy osocza ― albumins of plasma

   albumina jaja ― albumin of an egg

   przyjmować albuminę ― to take/receive albumin

Declension

Declension of albumina

	singular	plural
nominative	albumina	albuminy
genitive	albuminy	albumin
dative	albuminie	albuminom
accusative	albuminę	albuminy
instrumental	albuminą	albuminami
locative	albuminie	albuminach
vocative	albumino	albuminy

Derived terms

adjective

• albuminowy

nouns

• albuminoid
• albuminometr
• albuminuria

Further reading

• “albumina”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “albumina”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “albumin”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈmĩ.nɐ/ [aʊ̯.buˈmĩ.nɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.buˈmi.nɐ/ [aɫ.βuˈmi.nɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.buˈmi.nɐ/ [aɫ.βuˈmi.nɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.buˈmi.nɐ/ [aɫ.buˈmi.nɐ]

• Hyphenation: al‧bu‧mi‧na

Noun

albumina f (plural albuminas)

1. (organic chemistry) albumin (one of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water)

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish albúmina with a shift of stress, from Latin albūminem. Doublet of albumen.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalbuˈmina/ [ʔɐl.bʊˈmiː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: al‧bu‧mi‧na

Noun

albumina (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜓᜋᜒᜈ) (biochemistry)

1. albumin

Related terms

• alba
• albino
• album
• albumen

See also

• protina

Further reading

• “albumina”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “albumina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 21