alburnum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin alburnum, from albus (“white”), since it is often paler in color than the heartwood.
Noun edit
alburnum (usually uncountable, plural alburnums)
- sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
sapwood — see sapwood
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From albus (“white”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbur.num/, [äɫ̪ˈbʊrnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈbur.num/, [älˈburnum]
Noun edit
alburnum n (genitive alburnī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alburnum | alburna |
| Genitive | alburnī | alburnōrum |
| Dative | alburnō | alburnīs |
| Accusative | alburnum | alburna |
| Ablative | alburnō | alburnīs |
| Vocative | alburnum | alburna |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “alburnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alburnum 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)
- alburnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “alburnum” on page 93/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)