"alba" meaning in English

See alba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.bə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-alba.wav Forms: albas [plural]
enPR: ălʹbə [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|oc|alba}} Occitan alba, {{der|en|la|albus||white}} Latin albus (“white”), {{cog|es|alba||dawn}} Spanish alba (“dawn”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} alba (plural albas)
  1. (poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn. Categories (topical): Poetry Categories (lifeform): Roses Translations (Translations): alba (Finnish), alba [feminine] (Polish), а́льба (álʹba) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-alba-en-noun-rHEmjYrN Disambiguation of Roses: 17 40 37 2 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 35 37 3 6 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.bə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-alba.wav Forms: albas [plural]
enPR: ălʹbə [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: First attested in 1848; borrowed from Latin alba (the feminine form of albus (“white”)) in the now-disused species name of binomial nomenclature Rosa alba (it is now considered a hybrid and is accordingly called Rosa × alba). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|alba}} Latin alba, {{taxlink|Rosa alba|species}} Rosa alba Head templates: {{en-noun}} alba (plural albas)
  1. A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba. Categories (lifeform): Roses
    Sense id: en-alba-en-noun-WvpY1gcm Disambiguation of Roses: 17 40 37 2 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 35 37 3 6
  2. A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba. Categories (lifeform): Roses
    Sense id: en-alba-en-noun-DbcUyhpH Disambiguation of Roses: 17 40 37 2 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 35 37 3 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aquila alba, linea alba, magnesia alba, phlegmasia alba dolens, terra alba
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.bə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-alba.wav
enPR: ălʹbə [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: First attested in 1859; borrowed from Latin alba, the nominative plural form of album (“blank tablet”), whence the English album. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|alba}} Latin alba, {{cog|en|album}} English album Head templates: {{head|en|noun form|g=p}} alba pl
  1. (rare) plural of album Tags: form-of, plural, rare Form of: album
    Sense id: en-alba-en-noun-Q9nYpyT1 Categories (other): English plurals in -a with singular in -um or -on
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.bə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-alba.wav Forms: albas [plural]
enPR: ălʹbə [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba (“alb”), from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alb. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|EL.|alba|t=alb}} Ecclesiastical Latin alba (“alb”), {{der|en|la|alba}} Latin alba, {{doublet|en|alb}} Doublet of alb Head templates: {{en-noun}} alba (plural albas)
  1. Synonym of alb Synonyms: alb [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-alba-en-noun-8ubzUE1b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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      "word": "а́льба"
    }
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1979, Yearbook, Board of Publication of the Lutheran Church in America, page 494:",
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        },
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          "ref": "2000, Ivo Hlobil, Ladislav Daniel, editors, The Last Flowers of the Middle Ages: From the Gothic to the Renaissance in Moravia and Silesia, →ISBN, page 304:",
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