albicant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albicāns (“whitening, becoming white”, oblique stem: albicant-), present participle of albicō (“I am white”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ălʹbĭkənt, IPA^(key): /ˈalbɪkənt/, [ˈalbɪkn̩t]

Adjective

albicant (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Growing or becoming white.

Translations

growing or becoming white

• Portuguese: albicante

References

• “albicant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bi.kant/, [ˈäɫ̪bɪkän̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bi.kant/, [ˈälbikän̪t̪]

Verb

albicant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of albicō