alba.
A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
Meaning & usage
A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).
A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
Where this word comes from
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).
Synonym of alb.
Where this word comes from
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.
plural of album
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1859; borrowed from Latin alba, the nominative plural form of album (“blank tablet”), whence the English album.
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