álbum

See also: Appendix:Variations of "album"

Portuguese

Etymology

From German Album, from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”). Doublet of alvo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.bũ/ [ˈaʊ̯.bũ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bũ/ [ˈaɫ.βũ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -albũ, (Brazil) -awbũ
• Hyphenation: ál‧bum

Noun

álbum m (plural álbuns)

1. album

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin album. Doublet of albo and obo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalbun/ [ˈal.β̞ũn], /ˈalbum/ [ˈal.β̞ũm]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -albun, -album
• Syllabification: ál‧bum

Noun

álbum m (plural albums or álbumes)

1. album (a book designed to keep photographs, stamps, autographs)
2. album (a phonograph record composed of several tracks)

Derived terms

• álbum de fotos
• álbum fotográfico

 

Further reading

• “álbum”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014