alban

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See also: Alban and albán

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French albane (in the form alban, respelt after the German Alban), from the Latin albus (white) + the French -ane (-an).

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Noun

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alban (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, now rare) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

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Azerbaijani

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alban (definite accusative albanı, plural albanlar)

  1. Albanian
  2. Caucasian Albanian
    Synonym: Qafqaz albanı

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Finnish

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Noun

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alban

  1. genitive singular of alba

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Icelandic

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Noun

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alban

  1. definite nominative singular of alba

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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alban m (definite singular albanen, indefinite plural albanar, definite plural albanane)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of albanar

Etymology 2

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Noun

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alban m

  1. (nonstandard) definite singular of alba

Old English

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Noun

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alban

  1. inflection of albe:
    1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Swedish

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Etymology

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Albanien +‎ -an

Noun

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alban c

  1. Albanian; person, chiefly male, from Albania.

Declension

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  • Albanien n (Albania)
  • albanska c (Albanian language; Albanian female)
  • albansk (Albanian, adjective)

Uzbek

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Noun

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alban (plural albanlar)

  1. Albanian

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Welsh

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Noun

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alban m (plural albanau)

  1. (literary) period of three months, quarter of a year
  2. (literary) equinox
    Synonym: cyhydnos
  3. (literary) solstice
    Synonyms: heuldro, heulsaf, troad y rhod

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Noun

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alban m (uncountable)

  1. (music) element in names of some of the 24 metres in Cerdd Dant
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of alban
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
alban unchanged unchanged halban

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “alban”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies