"album" in seven languages
Meaningalbum
Spanish
álbum
/ˈalbum/
masc.learned
plural: álbumes
French
album
/albɔm/
masc.learned
Italian
album
/ˈalbum/
masc.learned
plural: album
Portuguese
álbum
/ˈawbũ/
masc.learned
Romanian
album
/alˈbum/
neut.borrowed · French album
Catalan
àlbum
/ˈalbum/
masc.learned
English
album
/ˈælbəm/
from Latin/French · Latin ALBUM
English → ItalianalbumalbumCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ALBUM‘white tablet for public notices (from ALBUS 'white')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
ALBUM was the whitewashed board where Roman officials posted notices — ALBUS is 'white'. All four now use it for photos and records.
English relatives: albino, albumen
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In a sentence
- esSu nuevo álbum sale el viernes.
- frLeur nouvel album sort vendredi.
- itIl loro nuovo album esce venerdì.
- ptO novo álbum deles sai na sexta.
- roNoul lor album apare vineri.
- caEl seu nou àlbum surt divendres.
- enTheir new album comes out on Friday.
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