English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin alburnus. Cognate with alburnum and auburn.

Noun edit

alburn (plural alburns)

  1. 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

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin alburnus. Doublet of albor, a popular development.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

alburn m (plural alburns)

  1. common bleak

Further reading edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian alburno or Latin alburnum.

Noun edit

alburn n (plural alburnuri)

  1. sapwood

Declension edit