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Webster 1913 Edition
Albumen
Al-bu′men
,Noun.
[L., fr.
albus
white.] 1.
The white of an egg.
2.
(Bot.)
Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Albumen
ALBU'MEN
,Noun.
The white of an egg. A like substance is a chief constituent in all animal solids.
Definition 2024
albumen
albumen
See also: albúmen
English
Noun
albumen (countable and uncountable, plural albumens or albumina)
Synonyms
Translations
white part of an egg
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See also
Latin
Etymology
From albus (“white”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbuː.men/
Noun
albūmen n (genitive albūminis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | albūmen | albūmina |
genitive | albūminis | albūminum |
dative | albūminī | albūminibus |
accusative | albūmen | albūmina |
ablative | albūmine | albūminibus |
vocative | albūmen | albūmina |
Synonyms
- (albumen of an egg): albāmentum, albor, album
Related terms
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Descendants
References
- albumen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “albumen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.