Alb

Definition: Alb

Alb

Noun

1. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests.

Date "alb" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Etymology: Alb \Alb\, noun. [from Old English expression albe, Late Latin expression alba, from the Latin expression albus white. Compare to Album and Aube.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Alb

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Alb The long white tunic (Latin, albus, white) bound round the waist with a girdle. The dress is emblematical of purity and continence, and worn by priests when saying Mass. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Alb

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ALB	English	Air Land Battle	N/A
ALB	French	République d'Albanie	Geography, Law
ALB	German	Republik Albanien	Geography, Law
ALB	Italian	Repubblica d'Albania	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: Alb

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Canonicals	Noun: canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown frock, pallium, surplice, cassock, dalmatic, scapulary, cope, mozetta, scarf, tunicle, chasuble, alb, alba, stole; fanon, fannel; tonsure, cowl, hood; calote, calotte; bands; capouch, amice; vagas, vakas, vakass; apron, lawn sleeves, pontificals, pall; miter, tiara, triple crown; shovel hat, cardinal's hat; biretta; crosier; pastoral staff, thurifer; costume.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Alb

English words defined with "alb": Aube. (references)

Specialty definitions using "alb": Mouse, Mousie. (references)

Etymologies containing "alb": Album. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Alb" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (alb), Romanian (blank, clean, Hoar, hoary, pale face, unstained, white).

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Modern Usage: Alb

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Simfonie în alb (1966)

Procesul alb (1965)

De-as fi Harap Alb (1965)

Negru pe alb (1961)

Aurul alb (1954)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Alb

Domain	Title
Books	Die Alb und ihre Fossilien : Geologie u. Paläontologie d. Schwaben- u. Frankenalb : e. Wegweiser für Liebhaber (reference) Die Schwäbische Alb und ihr Vorland (reference) Entoloma (Agaricales) in Europe (Agricales in Europe: Synopsis and Keys to All Species and a Monograph of the Subgenera Trichopilus, Inocephalus, alb (reference) Fundamental Problems in Breast Cancer: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Fundamental Problems in Breast Cancer Held at Banff, Alb) (reference) Kalk und Zement in Württemberg : Industriegeschichte an Südrand der Schwäbischen Alb (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Das Schrecklich Nette Alb [IMPORT] (reference) Diamonds Are Forever-Remix Alb [IMPORT] (reference) Showtunes-Live Tommy Keene Alb (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Alb

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Photo Album: Alb

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Colored postcard, featuring a photograph of the liner taken prior to 1914. She served as USS Von Steuben (ID # 3017) in 1917-19. The postcard was published by Alb. Rosenthal, Bremen, Germany.Credit: NAVY.		Seven men around table, eating and drinking, with one of them playing a lute] / peint par Manfredi ; dessiné par Desenne ; gravé par Alb. Reindel.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Son of temperance / E. Forbes del. ; lith. of John H. Hall, Alb.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Alb

"Alb" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 42.86% of the time. "Alb" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	42.86%	6	143,867
Noun (singular)	42.86%	6	143,867
Unclassified Items	14.29%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	14	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Alb

Expression using "alb": Alb Sunday. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alb

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
alb	76
alb journal	11
alb mexico new	11
alb altheim germany	8
alb club	5
alb file	5
alb jessica	4
alb nm	4
alb.com elissa	4
alb com elissa	4
alb consumer counseling credit services	3
alb isotope	3
gulf shore alb	3
alb production	2
alb sure	2
alb airport	2
alb bkk zollern	2
alb alb alb concelebration hooded monastic	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Alb

Language		Translations for "alb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		albe. (various references)

Arabic		‏الألب ثوب كهنوتى. (various references)

Bulgarian		Стихар. (various references)

Dutch		albe, misgewaad. (various references)

Esperanto		albo. (various references)

French		Aube D'un Prêtre. (various references)

Greek		άλμπα. (various references)

Hungarian		Miseing (surplice). (various references)

Italian		Camice (coat, overall, smock, white coat). (various references)

Manx		lheiney erin, alb. (various references)

Pig Latin		albay

Portuguese		Alva. (various references)

Romanian		Stihar (surplice). (various references)

Russian		Стихарь. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		odora koju nose sveštenici. (various references)

Spanish		Alba (dawn, daybreak). (various references)

Swedish		Alba. (various references)

Turkish		Papaz Cüppesi (chasuble, cope, soutane). (various references)

Ukranian		Стихар. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Alb

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	alba, albae, albam, albas, albis, alva. (various references)
Medieval Latin	700-1500	alba. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Alb

Derivations
	Words beginning with "alb": alba, albacore, albacores, albas, albata, albatas, albatross, albatrosses, albedo, albedoes, albedos, albeit, albicore, albicores, albinal, albinic, albinism, albinisms, albinistic, albino, albinos, albinotic, albite, albites, albitic, albizia, albizias, albizzia, albizzias, albs, album, albumen, albumens, albumin, albuminous, albumins, albuminuria, albuminurias, albuminuric, albumose, albumoses, albums, alburnum, alburnums. (additional references)
	Words containing "alb": balboa, balboas, balbriggan, balbriggans, coalbin, coalbins, coalbox, coalboxes, coralbells, coralberries, coralberry, falbala, falbalas, galbanum, galbanums, halberd, halberds, halbert, halberts, lactalbumin, lactalbumins, ovalbumin, ovalbumins. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Alb" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aabb, abl, Abla, abp, abv, aib, aibbf, Alab, alaby, albe, albo, Alby, aleb, alf, alg, alib, aln, alob, apb, Apbc, awb, ayb, Eklbb, elb, kalb, mlb, nalb, olb, Ulb, uldb. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Alb

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bal, lab.
	Words within the letters "a-b-l"
	-1 letter: ab, al, ba, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-l"
	+1 letter: able, ably, alba, albs, baal, bail, bald, bale, balk, ball, balm, bals, bawl, blab, blae, blah, blam, blat, blaw, bola, flab, labs, lamb, slab.
	+2 letters: abele, abler, ables, aboil, albas, album, alibi, amble, baals, babel, babul, badly, bagel, bails, balas, balds, baldy, baled, baler, bales, balks, balky, balls, bally, balms, balmy, balsa, banal, basal, basil, baulk, bawls, belay, belga, biali, bialy, binal, blabs, black, blade, blahs, blain, blame, blams, bland, blank, blare, blase, blast, blate, blats, blawn, blaws, blaze, bleak, blear, bleat, bloat, bolar, bolas, boral, boyla, brail, brawl, bubal, bulla, bylaw, cabal, cable, dobla, fable, flabs, gable, gleba, kibla, label, labia, labor, labra, lambs, lamby, libra, limba, lobar, pibal, sable, slabs, tabla, table, tubal.
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