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Webster 1913 Edition

Alb

Alb

,
Noun.
[OE.
albe
, LL.
alba
, fr. L.
albus
white. Cf.
Album
and
Aube
.]
A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; – in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

Webster 1828 Edition

Alb

ALB

,
Noun.
[L. albus, Gr. white.]
A surplice or vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, worn by the Romish clergy. Also a Turkish coin, called also an asper, value one hundred and twelve mills.

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Alb

Alb

See also: alb, ALB, alb., and Alb.

German

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Noun

Alb m ‎(genitive Albs or Albes or Alben, plural Alben)

  1. elf (especially an evil one)
  2. nightmare (goblin believed to cause nightmare by oppressing one's chests while asleep.)
  3. (dial.) mountainous area, upland.

References

  • Thyen, Olaf (and Michael Clark, Werner Scholze-Stubenrecht, Bradbury Sykes (1999) The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary: German-English, English-German, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198602480: “Alb2 .. (veralt.: Kobold) goblin believed to give sleeping people nightmares..”
  • Thode, Ernest (1992) German-English Genealogical Dictionary, Genealogical Publishing Com, ISBN 0806313420: “Alb- mountain; hill; ridge; escarpment; upland area..”
  • Betterridge, Harold T. (1978) Cassell's German-English English-German Dictionary, Macmillan, ISBN 0-02-522930-3: “1Alb 1. elf, .. 2. nighmare. 2Alb (dial.) alp(s)..”

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alb

alb

See also: Alb, ALB, alb., and Alb.

English

An alb, stole and maniple.

Noun

alb ‎(plural albs)

  1. A long white robe worn by priests and other ministers at religious ceremonies, underneath most of the other vestments.

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Etymology

From Latin albus.

Adjective

alb m ‎(feminine alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albes)

  1. (poetic) white

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Middle High German

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Etymology

From Old High German alp, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

Noun

alb m ‎(plural elbe or elber)

  1. elf
  2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy

Usage notes

  • Used through the 13th century.

Descendants

References

  • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin albus, from Proto-Italic *alβos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos, *álbʰos, *albʰós ‎(“white”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alb/

Adjective

alb m, n ‎(feminine singular albă, masculine plural albi, feminine and neuter plural albe)

  1. white
  2. (figuratively) clean, pure, immaculate

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Noun

alb m ‎(plural albi)

  1. the color white
  2. white person

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) alv

Etymology

From Latin albus.

Adjective

alb m (feminine singular alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albas)

  1. (Vallader) white

Antonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
  • (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ner
  • (Surmiran) neir

Etymology

From Middle High German alb, alp and Old High German alp, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. See also Elf, borrowed from English later.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔalp/

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