"alban" meaning in English

See alban in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈalbən/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈalbn̩] [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: ălʹbən [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: Borrowed from French albane (in the form alban, respelt after the German Alban), from the Latin albus (“white”) + the French -ane (“-an”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|albane}} French albane, {{m|en||alban}} alban, {{der|en|de|Alban}} German Alban, {{der|en|la|albus||white}} Latin albus (“white”), {{l|en|-an}} -an, {{der|en|fr|-ane||-an}} French -ane (“-an”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} alban (uncountable)
  1. (chemistry, now rare) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether. Tags: archaic, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms: albane
    Sense id: en-alban-en-noun-~M5qhgp6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for alban meaning in English (2.0kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "albane"
      },
      "expansion": "French albane",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "alban"
      },
      "expansion": "alban",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Alban"
      },
      "expansion": "German Alban",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "albus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin albus (“white”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-an"
      },
      "expansion": "-an",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "-ane",
        "4": "",
        "5": "-an"
      },
      "expansion": "French -ane (“-an”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French albane (in the form alban, respelt after the German Alban), from the Latin albus (“white”) + the French -ane (“-an”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "alban (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chemistry",
          "orig": "en:Chemistry",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether."
      ],
      "id": "en-alban-en-noun-~M5qhgp6",
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "crystalline",
          "crystalline"
        ],
        [
          "resinous",
          "resinous"
        ],
        [
          "gutta-percha",
          "gutta-percha"
        ],
        [
          "alcohol",
          "alcohol"
        ],
        [
          "ether",
          "ether"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry, now rare) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "albane"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈalbən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈalbn̩]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ălʹbən",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alban"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "cy:Calendar"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "albane"
      },
      "expansion": "French albane",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "alban"
      },
      "expansion": "alban",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Alban"
      },
      "expansion": "German Alban",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "albus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin albus (“white”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-an"
      },
      "expansion": "-an",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "-ane",
        "4": "",
        "5": "-an"
      },
      "expansion": "French -ane (“-an”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French albane (in the form alban, respelt after the German Alban), from the Latin albus (“white”) + the French -ane (“-an”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "alban (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from French",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "English terms derived from German",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "crystalline",
          "crystalline"
        ],
        [
          "resinous",
          "resinous"
        ],
        [
          "gutta-percha",
          "gutta-percha"
        ],
        [
          "alcohol",
          "alcohol"
        ],
        [
          "ether",
          "ether"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry, now rare) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈalbən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈalbn̩]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ălʹbən",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "albane"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alban"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.