albino
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ælˈbiːnəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /alˈbiːnoː/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective edit
albino (not comparable)
- Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.
Usage notes edit
- The term is considered offensive by some (when used as a term for human beings); "albinistic" is a possible alternative.[1]
- 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 edit
- (lacking melanin): albinal, albinic, albinistic, albinoid, hypomelanistic, hypomelanoid, amelanistic, amelanoid
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “having an excess of melanin”): hypermelanistic, hypermelanoid, melanistic, melanoid
Derived terms edit
- alarplasty
- albinoism
- interalar
- postalar
- prealar
- pseudoalbino
- [[subalar
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albino: albiness]]
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See also edit
- (lacking pigment): hypopigmented
- (having an excess of pigment): hyperpigmented
- leucistic
Noun edit
albino (plural albinos or albinoes)
- (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 edit
- The term is considered offensive by some when used to designate a human being; the phrase "person with albinism" is a neutral alternative.[1]
Synonyms edit
- (one lacking melanin): albinoid, hypomelanoid, amelanoid
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “one having an excess of melanin”): hypermelanoid, melano, melanoid
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2014 September 22 (last accessed), archived from the original on 10 January 2015
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.
Noun edit
albino c (singular definite albinoen, plural indefinite albinoer)
- 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 edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | albino | albinoen | albinoer | albinoerne |
genitive | albinos | albinoens | albinoers | albinoernes |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “albino” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish albino, from Latin albus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
albino m or f (plural albino's, diminutive albino'tje n)
- 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 edit
- → Indonesian: albino
Adjective edit
albino (not comparable)
- albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism
Inflection edit
Inflection of albino | ||||
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uninflected | albino | |||
inflected | albino | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | albino | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | albino | ||
n. sing. | albino | |||
plural | albino | |||
definite | albino | |||
partitive |
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Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
albino (accusative singular albinon, plural albinoj, accusative plural albinojn)
- 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 edit
Adjective edit
albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)
Further reading edit
- “albino” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch albino, from Spanish albino, from Latin albus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
albino (first-person possessive albinoku, second-person possessive albinomu, third-person possessive albinonya)
- 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albini, feminine plural albine)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
albino m (plural albini, feminine albina)
Further reading edit
- albino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.
Noun edit
albino m (definite singular albinoen, indefinite plural albinoer, definite plural albinoene)
- 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)
- (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 edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.
Noun edit
albino m (definite singular albinoen, indefinite plural albinoar, definite plural albinoane)
- an albino (as above)
- (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 edit
- “albino” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: al‧bi‧no
Adjective edit
albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)
- 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 edit
Noun edit
albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)
- 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
References edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.
Noun edit
albíno m (Cyrillic spelling алби́но)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From albo + -ino, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)
- 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 edit
Noun edit
albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)
- 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 edit
- “albino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams edit
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.
Adjective edit
albino
- 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 edit
- Compounded with the noun it modifies, e.g. albinopåfågel for English "albino peacock".
Noun edit
albino c (plural albiner)
- 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