alba
/ˈɑlbə/UK/ˈæl.bə/
alba noun: a type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn. Also the plural of album.
Noun (1)
alba (plural albas)
Noun (2)
alba (plural albas)
- A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
- A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
Noun (3)
alba (plural albas)
- Synonym of alb.
- On a little plot of grass near the kitchen the family were spreading out a large supply of priestly vestments—albas, casullas, capas pluviales, ornamentos, parmentos, cíngulas, estolas, frontales, etc., etc., etc.1857, Isaac F[arwell] Holton, “Montserrate and the Boqueron”, in New Granada: Twenty Months in the Andes, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 217
- Christ, whom they meet, must wear an alba and an amictus, be barefooted, and carry a cross on the left shoulder.1932, Theodore Komisarjevsky, The Costume of the Theatre, page 56
- Synonyms:
- alb
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Alba
Alba
- A county of Transylvania, Romania.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Alba
Alba
- Scotland, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Alba
Alba
- A female given name from Spanish alba (“dawn”), of modern usage.
- A habitational surname from place names of obscure origin.
Proper noun (4) capitalized: Alba
Alba
- Abbreviation of Aluminium Bahrain.
Also used as
alba is also the plural of album.
alba meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
alba in Hindi
- अल्बा, आल्बा
alba in Tamil
- அல்பா
alba in Marathi
- अल्बा, आल्बा
alba in Urdu
- البا, آلبا
More languagesFewer languages
- alba in Bengali
- আলবা, অ্যালবা
- alba in Telugu
- ఆల్బా, అల్బా
- alba in Malayalam
- ആൽബ, ആൽബാ, അൽബ
- alba in Kannada
- ಆಲ್ಬಾ
- alba in Punjabi
- ਐਲਬਾ, ਅਲਬਾ
- alba in Gujarati
- આલ્બા, અલ્બા
- alba in Odia
- ଆଲ୍ବା, ଆଲବା, ଅଲ୍ବା
- alba in Nepali
- अल्बा, आल्बा, एल्बा
Examples of alba in a sentence
- Traditional styles such as cassocks and cottas, or contemporary trends in robes and collars, choir albas, skirts, caps and acolyte vestments.1979, Yearbook, Board of Publication of the Lutheran Church in America, page 494:
- Another canon with a biretta in his hand, wearing an alba and an upper fur mucia, is kneeling to the left of the Crucifix;2000, Ivo Hlobil, Ladislav Daniel, editors, The Last Flowers of the Middle Ages: From the Gothic to the Renaissance in Moravia and Silesia...
Synonyms of alba
Forms of alba
| plural | albas |
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Origin of alba
First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).
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).
First attested in 1859; borrowed from Latin alba, the nominative plural form of album (“blank tablet”), whence the English album.
Words formed from alba
Phrases with alba
Questions about alba
- What does alba mean?
- Alba means a type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
- What is alba in Hindi?
- Alba in Hindi is अल्बा, आल्बा. See Alba meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use alba in a sentence?
- Traditional styles such as cassocks and cottas, or contemporary trends in robes and collars, choir albas, skirts, caps and acolyte vestments.
- What part of speech is alba?
- Alba can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce alba?
- Alba is pronounced /ˈæl.bə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of alba?
- The plural of alba is albas.
Words near alba in the dictionary
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