albe

See also: Albe and Albé

English

Etymology 1

From all +‎ be (it). More at albeit.

Conjunction

albe

1. (obsolete) Synonym of albeit
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Why ſhould not that dead carrion ſatisfie / The guilt, which if he liued had thus long, / His life for due reuenge ſhould deare abie ? / The treſpaſſe ſtill doth liue, albe the perſon die.

Etymology 2

Noun

albe (plural albes)

1. Obsolete spelling of alb

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, bael, bale, beal, blea

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch albe, from Latin alba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.bə/

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• Hyphenation: al‧be
• Rhymes: -ɑlbə

Noun

albe f (plural alben)

1. (Roman Catholicism) alb

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus. Compare Italian alba.

Noun

albe f (plural albis)

1. dawn

Italian

Noun

albe f

1. plural of alba

Anagrams

• Abèl, Elba, bela

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.be/, [ˈäɫ̪bɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.be/, [ˈälbe]

Adjective

albe

1. vocative masculine singular of albus

Middle English

Noun

albe

1. Alternative form of awbe

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.bə]

Noun

albe oblique singular, f (oblique plural albes, nominative singular albe, nominative plural albes)

1. dawn (sunrise; start of the day)

Descendants

• French: aube
• Middle English: awbe, abbe, albe, aube, hawbe, owbe (in part)
  • English: alb

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.be/

Adjective

albe

1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of alb