albo

See also: Albo and albó

English

Etymology

Albanian +‎ -o

Noun

albo (plural albos)

1. (US, offensive, ethnic slur) An Albanian.

Anagrams

• Boal, bola

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈbo/, [ʔʌlˈbɔ]
• Hyphenation: al‧bo

Noun

albó f (plural álob m)

1. blister

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.bo/
• Rhymes: -albo
• Hyphenation: àl‧bo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin album (“blank tablet”) (19th century). Doublet of album.

Noun

albo m (plural albi)

1. notice board, bulletin board
2. honours/honors board
3. roll or register, especially of an organization or profession
4. volume or booklet of comic book stories

Etymology 2

From Latin albus (“white”), possibly taken as a learned term (first attested 14th century), from Proto-Italic *alβos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós.

Adjective

albo (feminine alba, masculine plural albi, feminine plural albe)

1. (literary) white

   Synonym: bianco

Related terms

• alba
• albino
• albore
• inalbare
• scialbare

 

See also

• alba

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.boː/, [ˈäɫ̪boː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bo/, [ˈälbo]

Etymology 1

From albus (“white”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

albō (present infinitive albāre, perfect active albāvī, supine albātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to make white, whiten

Conjugation

Conjugation of albō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	albō	albās	albat	albāmus	albātis	albant
	imperfect	albābam	albābās	albābat	albābāmus	albābātis	albābant
	future	albābō	albābis	albābit	albābimus	albābitis	albābunt
	perfect	albāvī	albāvistī	albāvit	albāvimus	albāvistis	albāvērunt, albāvēre
	pluperfect	albāveram	albāverās	albāverat	albāverāmus	albāverātis	albāverant
	future perfect	albāverō	albāveris	albāverit	albāverimus	albāveritis	albāverint
passive	present	albor	albāris, albāre	albātur	albāmur	albāminī	albantur
	imperfect	albābar	albābāris, albābāre	albābātur	albābāmur	albābāminī	albābantur
	future	albābor	albāberis, albābere	albābitur	albābimur	albābiminī	albābuntur
	perfect	albātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	albātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	albātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	albem	albēs	albet	albēmus	albētis	albent
	imperfect	albārem	albārēs	albāret	albārēmus	albārētis	albārent
	perfect	albāverim	albāverīs	albāverit	albāverīmus	albāverītis	albāverint
	pluperfect	albāvissem	albāvissēs	albāvisset	albāvissēmus	albāvissētis	albāvissent
passive	present	alber	albēris, albēre	albētur	albēmur	albēminī	albentur
	imperfect	albārer	albārēris, albārēre	albārētur	albārēmur	albārēminī	albārentur
	perfect	albātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	albātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	albā	—	—	albāte	—
	future	—	albātō	albātō	—	albātōte	albantō
passive	present	—	albāre	—	—	albāminī	—
	future	—	albātor	albātor	—	—	albantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		albāre	albāvisse	albātūrum esse	albārī	albātum esse	albātum īrī
participles		albāns	—	albātūrus	—	albātus	albandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		albandī	albandō	albandum	albandō	albātum	albātū

Synonyms

• (make white): albicō

Related terms

• albeō
• albicolor
• albicomus
• albicāscō
• albicēris
• albicō
• albidulus
• albidus
• albineus
• albitūdō
• albogalērus
• albogilvus
• albor
• albulus
• alburnum
• alburnus
• albus
• albāmentum
• albārius
• albātus
• albēdō
• albēscō
• albūgō
• albūmen

 

Descendants

• English: albata

Etymology 2

Inflected form of albus (“white”).

Adjective

albō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of albus

References

• “albo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• albo 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)
• albo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *alibo. First attested in 1424.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /alʲbɔ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /alʲbɔ/

Conjunction

albo

1. or

   Synonym: (emphatic) alboż

2. because

   Synonyms: abo, abociem, abojem, abowiem

Derived terms

conjunctions

• alboć
• alboż

 

Descendants

• Polish: albo
• Silesian: albo

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “albo”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “albo”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “albo”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “albo”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.bɔ/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bɔ/

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• Rhymes: -albɔ
• Syllabification: al‧bo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish albo.

Conjunction

albo

1. or

   Synonyms: abo, bądź, czy, lub

   Antonyms: ani, i, ni, oraz

   Możesz mieć albo to, albo to. ― You can have either this or that.

Particle

albo

1. (colloquial) used to express the speaker's doubt or surprise

   Synonyms: (archaic) alboż, czy, czyż

   Albo to będzie przydatne? ― Do you really think this is going to be handy?

Declension

Combined forms of albo

	singular	plural
1st person	albom	albośmy
2nd person	alboś	alboście
3rd person	albo	albo

Derived terms

noun

• albo-albo

 

conjunction/particle

• alboż

 

phrases

• albo co
• albo i lepiej
• albo rybka, albo pipka
• albo rybki, albo akwarium
• wóz albo przewóz

 

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), albo is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 51 times in scientific texts, 7 times in news, 34 times in essays, 66 times in fiction, and 105 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 263 times, making it the 198th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

albo f

1. vocative singular of alba

Further reading

• albo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• albo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “albo”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “ALBO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 02.03.2010
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “albo”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[3]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “albo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[4]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “albo”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[5] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish albo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalbɔ/
• Rhymes: -albɔ
• Syllabification: al‧bo

Conjunction

albo

1. or

   Synonym: abo

Further reading

• albo in silling.org

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish albo, borrowed from Latin albus. The latter was replaced in Spanish, and much of Romance besides, by blanco (blancus). Doublet of obo and álbum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalbo/ [ˈal.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -albo
• Syllabification: al‧bo

Adjective

albo (feminine alba, masculine plural albos, feminine plural albas)

1. (formal, poetic) white

   Synonym: blanco

Derived terms

• albar
• albear
• albillo
• albinaranja
• albinegro
• albino
• albirrojo
• albiverde

 

Related terms

• alba
• albero
• albor
• albúgine
• albugo
• albumen
• albura
• enjalbegar

 

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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