alburn
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin alburnus. Cognate with alburnum and auburn.
Noun edit
alburn (plural alburns)
- The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
- 1960, Monographiae biologicae: Volume 9:
- In the total yield of cyprinids, the dominating fish is alburn, […] a small delicate fish which in dense shoals inhabits the pelagial waters of the lake.
- 1998, George Grosz, George Grosz: An Autobiography, page 7:
- It took patience to catch alburns, those hand-sized fish in the Stolpe.
Translations edit
bleak — see bleak
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin alburnus. Doublet of albor, a popular development.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alburn m (plural alburns)
Further reading edit
- “alburn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian alburno or Latin alburnum.
Noun edit
alburn n (plural alburnuri)
Declension edit
Declension of alburn
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) alburn | alburnul | (niște) alburnuri | alburnurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) alburn | alburnului | (unor) alburnuri | alburnurilor |
vocative | alburnule | alburnurilor |