alburnum

English

Etymology

From Latin alburnum, from albus (“white”), since it is often paler in color than the heartwood.

Noun

alburnum (usually uncountable, plural alburnums)

1. sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.

Derived terms

• alburnous

 

Translations

sapwood — see sapwood

Anagrams

• laburnum

Latin

Etymology

From albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈbur.num/, [äɫ̪ˈbʊrnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbur.num/, [älˈburnum]

Noun

alburnum n (genitive alburnī); second declension

1. alburnum; sapwood

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alburnum	alburna
Genitive	alburnī	alburnōrum
Dative	alburnō	alburnīs
Accusative	alburnum	alburna
Ablative	alburnō	alburnīs
Vocative	alburnum	alburna

Descendants

• English: alburnum
• Italian: alburno
• Portuguese: alburno, borne
• Spanish: alburno

References

• “alburnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alburnum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• alburnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “alburnum” on page 93/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)