albino

See also: Albino

English

an albino redwood

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino.

• Portuguese albino is from Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus
• Spanish albino is diminutive of albo, from Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ælˈbiːnəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /alˈbiːnoː/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

albino (not comparable)

1. Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.

Usage notes

• The term is considered offensive by some (when used as a term for human beings); "albinistic" is a possible alternative.
• The term is not comparative: one either has albinism (a recessive genetic trait) or does not. While the effects of albinism may be more marked in some individuals, this does not make those individuals "more albino" than others. To the extent that it could be comparable, perhaps in metaphoric usage, the comparatives would be more/most/less/least albino (not *albinoer, *albinest, etc).

Synonyms

• (lacking melanin): albinal, albinic, albinistic, albinoid, hypomelanistic, hypomelanoid, amelanistic, amelanoid

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “having an excess of melanin”): hypermelanistic, hypermelanoid, melanistic, melanoid

Derived terms

• alarplasty
• albinoism
• interalar
• postalar
• prealar
• pseudoalbino
• [[subalar

  alated: dealated alate: quadrialate alation: dealation albedo: albedometer albicans: nonalbicans albinism: pseudoalbinism albinoid: albinoidism albino: albiness#English|subalar alated: dealated alate: quadrialate alation: dealation albedo: albedometer albicans: nonalbicans albinism: pseudoalbinism albinoid: albinoidism

  albino: albiness]]

 

Translations

congenitally lacking melanin

• Bikol Central: ugis (bcl)
• Catalan: albí m
• Dutch: albino (nl)
• Esperanto: albina
• Finnish: albiino-
• French: albinos (fr)
• Galician: albino (gl)
• German: albino-
• Japanese: アルビノの (ja) (arubino no)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: كوردي

  Northern Kurdish: albîno (ku)

• Malay: balar
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albino (no)

• Polish: albinotyczny (pl), bielaczy (pl)
• Portuguese: albino (pt) m, albina f
• Spanish: albino (es)
• Swahili: zeruzeru (sw)
• Swedish: albino-
• Tagalog: anak-araw (tl), sarka
• Welsh: albinaidd

See also

• (lacking pigment): hypopigmented
• (having an excess of pigment): hyperpigmented
• leucistic

Noun

albino (plural albinos or albinoes)

1. (countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

Usage notes

• The term is considered offensive by some when used to designate a human being; the phrase "person with albinism" is a neutral alternative.

Synonyms

• (one lacking melanin): albinoid, hypomelanoid, amelanoid

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “one having an excess of melanin”): hypermelanoid, melano, melanoid

Derived terms

• albinal
• albiness
• albinic
• albinism
• albinistic
• albinoid
• albinoism
• pseudoalbino

 

Translations

one congenitally lacking melanin

• Bikol Central: ugis (bcl)
• Catalan: albí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 患白化病的人 (zh) (huàn báihuàbìng de rén) (person), 患白化病的動植物／患白化病的动植物 (zh) (huàn báihuàbìng de dòngzhíwù) (plants or animals)

• Danish: albino (da)
• Dutch: albino (nl)
• Esperanto: albino (eo)
• Finnish: albiino (fi)
• French: albinos (fr) m or f
• Galician: albino (gl) m, albina (gl) f
• German: Albino (de) m
• Greek: αλμπίνος (el) m (almpínos)
• Irish: ailbíneach m, bánaí m
• Italian: albino (it)
• Jamaican Creole: dundus
• Japanese: 白子 (ja) (しろこ, shiroko, しらこ, shirako), アルビノ (ja) (arubino)
• Malay: balar, albino
• Maori: kōrako
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albino (no)

• Polish: albinos (pl) m, albinoska (pl) f
• Portuguese: albino (pt) m, albina f
• Russian: альбино́с (ru) m (alʹbinós), альбино́ска (ru) f (alʹbinóska)
• Serbo-Croatian: албино m, albino m
• Spanish: albino (es) m, albina (es) f
• Swahili: zeruzeru (sw), albino (sw)
• Swedish: albino (sv)
• Tagalog: anak-araw (tl), sarka
• Tausug: ugis
• Welsh: albino (cy) m
• Yoruba: àfín

Further reading

• albino on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Albion, Bailon, laibon, no bail, no-bail, oliban, on bail

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Noun

albino c (singular definite albinoen, plural indefinite albinoer)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Inflection

Declension of albino

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	albino	albinoen	albinoer	albinoerne
genitive	albinos	albinoens	albinoers	albinoernes

Related terms

• albinisme c

Further reading

• “albino” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish albino, from Latin albus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑlˈbi.noː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: al‧bi‧no
• Rhymes: -inoː

Noun

albino m or f (plural albino's, diminutive albino'tje n)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Descendants

• → Indonesian: albino

Adjective

albino (not comparable)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Declension

Declension of albino
uninflected	albino
inflected	albino
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		albino
indefinite	m./f. sing.	albino
	n. sing.	albino
	plural	albino
definite		albino
partitive

Related terms

• albinisme

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [alˈbino]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: al‧bin‧o

Noun

albino (accusative singular albinon, plural albinoj, accusative plural albinojn)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Galician

Adjective

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino

Derived terms

• albinismo

Noun

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino

Further reading

• “albino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch albino, from Spanish albino, from Latin albus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alˈbino]
• Hyphenation: al‧bi‧no

Noun

albino (first-person possessive albinoku, second-person possessive albinomu, third-person possessive albinonya)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism.

Related terms

• albinisme

 

Further reading

• “albino” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈbi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: al‧bì‧no

Adjective

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albini, feminine plural albine)

1. albino

Derived terms

• albinismo

Noun

albino m (plural albini, feminine albina)

1. albino

Further reading

• albino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Alboni, Libano, bolina, inalbo

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Noun

albino m (definite singular albinoen, indefinite plural albinoer, definite plural albinoene)

1. an albino (person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism)
2. (as a noun modifier) albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

References

• “albino” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “albino” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Noun

albino m (definite singular albinoen, indefinite plural albinoar, definite plural albinoane)

1. an albino (as above)
2. (as a noun modifier) albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

References

• “albino” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈbĩ.nu/ [aʊ̯ˈbĩ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈbĩ.nu/ [aʊ̯ˈbĩ.nu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈbi.no/ [aʊ̯ˈbi.no]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈbi.nu/ [aɫˈβi.nu]

• Rhymes: -ĩnu, -inu
• Hyphenation: al‧bi‧no

Adjective

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

1. albinistic, albino (who suffers from albinism)

Derived terms

nouns

• albinismo m

 

Noun

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino (something or someone suffering from albinism)

Further reading

• “albino”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Noun

albíno m (Cyrillic spelling алби́но)

1. albino

Declension

Declension of albino

	singular	plural
nominative	albíno	albíni
genitive	albína	albina
dative	albinu	albinima
accusative	albína	albine
vocative	albíno	albini
locative	albinu	albinima
instrumental	albinom	albinima

Related terms

• albin

Spanish

Etymology

From albo +‎ -ino, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈbino/ [alˈβ̞i.no]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: al‧bi‧no

Adjective

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Derived terms

• albinismo

 

Noun

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Further reading

• “albino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• bolina, Líbano, lobina

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English albino.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

albino (ma class, plural maalbino)

1. albino

   Synonym: zeruzeru

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Adjective

albino

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Usage notes

• Compounded with the noun it modifies, e.g. albinopåfågel for English "albino peacock".

Noun

albino c (plural albiner)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Anagrams

• Albion