albe

See also:AlbeandAlbé

English

Etymology 1

Fromall+‎be(it). More atalbeit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɔːlˈbiː/

Conjunction

albe

1. (obsolete)Synonym ofalbeit
   • 1590,Edmund Spenser,“Book II, Canto VIII”, inThe Faerie Queene.[…],London:[…][John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC:

     Why ſhould not that dead carrion ſatisfie / The guilt, which if he liued had thus long, / His life for due reuenge ſhould deare abie? / The treſpaſſe ſtill doth liue,albethe perſon die.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ælb/

Noun

albe(pluralalbes)

1. Obsoletespelling ofalb.

Anagrams

• -able,Abel,Able,Bale,Beal,Blea,Ebla,Elba,able,bael,bale,beal,blea

Dutch

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutchalbe,fromLatinalba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɑl.bə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:al‧be
• Rhymes:-ɑlbə

Noun

albef(pluralalben)

1. (Roman Catholicism)alb

Friulian

Etymology

FromVulgar Latin*alba,fromLatinalbus.CompareItalianalba.

Noun

albef(pluralalbis)

1. dawn

Italian

Noun

albef

1. pluralofalba

Anagrams

• Abèl,Elba,bela

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈal.be/,[ˈäɫ̪bɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈal.be/,[ˈälbe]

Adjective

albe

1. vocativemasculinesingularofalbus

Middle English

Noun

albe

1. Alternative form ofawbe

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatinalba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɑl.be/,[ˈɑɫ.be]

Noun

albef

1. analb(type of priest vestment)

Declension

Declension ofalbe(weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	albe	alban
accusative	alban	alban
genitive	alban	albena
dative	alban	album

Descendants

• English:alb

Old French

Etymology

FromVulgar Latin*alba,fromLatinalbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈaɫ.bə]

Noun

albeoblique singular,f(oblique pluralalbes,nominative singularalbe,nominative pluralalbes)

1. dawn(sunrise; start of the day)

Descendants

• French:aube
• Middle English:awbe,abbe,albe,aube,hawbe,owbe(in part)
  • English:alb

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈal.be/

Adjective

albe

1. nominative/accusativefeminine/neuterpluralofalb