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albino

See also: Albino

English

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an albino redwood

Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino.

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Adjective

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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.

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  • 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).

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Noun

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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.

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  • The term is considered offensive by some when used to designate a human being; the phrase "person with albinism" is a neutral alternative.[1]

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References

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  1. ↑ 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

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Danish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Noun

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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

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Declension of albino
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative albino albinoen albinoer albinoerne
genitive albinos albinoens albinoers albinoernes
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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish albino, from Latin albus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɑlˈbi.noː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧bi‧no
  • Rhymes: -inoː

Noun

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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

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  • → Indonesian: albino

Adjective

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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

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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 —
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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alˈbino/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: al‧bin‧o

Noun

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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

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Adjective

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

  1. albino

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Noun

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

  1. albino

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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albino (plural albino-albino)

  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
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Italian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. albino

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Noun

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albino m (plural albini, feminine albina)

  1. albino

Further reading

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

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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

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus.[1]

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

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

Adjective

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

  1. albinistic, albino (who suffers from albinism)

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

  1. albino (something or someone suffering from albinism)

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  1. ^ “albino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Noun

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albíno m (Cyrillic spelling алби́но)

  1. albino

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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
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Spanish

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Etymology

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

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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

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Noun

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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

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English albino.

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albino class V (plural maalbino class VI)

  1. albino
    Synonym: zeruzeru

Swedish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

Adjective

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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

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

Noun

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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

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish albino.

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albino (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜒᜈᜓ)

  1. albino (one congenitally lacking melanin)
    Synonyms: anak-araw, lihi-sa-araw
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Further reading

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  • “albino”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “albino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 21
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