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{{also|Albus|albuș}}
==Latin==
[[Image:Rosa 'Semi-plena'.jpg|thumb|flōs albus (a white flower)]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|la|itc-pro|*alβos}}, from {{inh|la|ine-pro|*h₂elbʰós}}. Cognates include {{cog|xum|sc=Ital|𐌀𐌋𐌚𐌖}}, {{cog|grc|ἀλφός||whiteness, white leprosy}}, {{cog|hit|𒀠𒉺𒀸||cloud|tr=alpas|sc=Xsux}}, {{cog|wlm|elbid||world}}, {{cog|en|elf}}, and {{cog|ru|ле́бедь||swan}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA}}

===Adjective===
{{la-adj|albus|comp=albior|sup=albissimus}}

# {{l|en|white}} {{gloss|properly without {{l|en|luster}}}}, dull white
#* {{Q|la|Ovid|Metamorphoses|12|402|thru=403|quote=totus pice nigrior atra, candida cauda tamen; color est quoque cruribus '''albus'''.|trans=All blacker than pitch was he, yet white was his tail; his legs were snowy '''white'''.}}
#* p. '''830''', [[w:Nennius|Nennius]], ''[[s:la:Historia Brittonum|Historia Brittonum]]'', II: 42
#*: duo vermes in eo sunt, unus '''albus''' et unus rufus
#*:: "There are," said he, "two serpents, one '''white''' and the other red{{...}}"
# [[clear]], [[bright]]
#* {{Q|la|Pliny the Elder|Naturalis Historia|14|80|quote=colores vinis quattuor: '''albus''', fulvus, sanguineus, niger.|trans=There are four colors of wine: '''white''', brown, sanguine, and black.}}
# [[pale]], [[fair]], [[gray]], [[hoary]]
#* p. '''1250''', [[w:Thomas Aquinas|Thomas Aquinas]], ''[[s:la:De ente et essentia|De ente et essentia]]''
#*: {{...}}et sic de ipsa aliquid praedicatur per accidens ratione eius, in quo est, sicut dicitur quod homo est '''albus''', quia Socrates est '''albus''', quamvis hoc non conveniat homini in eo quod homo.
#*:: And thus something is accidentally asserted, that is, we say that man is '''white''' because Socrates is '''white''', although this does not come about for men because [Socrates] is a man.
# {{lb|la|figuratively}} [[favorable]], [[fortunate]], [[auspicious]], [[propitious]]

====Usage notes====
* Latin ''albus'' is used primarily to mean "white" that is dull or [[matte]]. The word {{m|la|candidus}} is used primarily for shining whiteness. However, this distinction is not always followed.

====Declension====
{{la-adecl|albus}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|white}} {{l|la|albidus}}, {{l|la|blancus}} {{q|medieval}}, {{l|la|candidus}}, {{l|la|lacteolus}}
* {{sense|clear, bright}} {{l|la|limpidus}}
* {{sense|pale, gray}} {{l|la|cānus}}
* {{sense|favorable}} {{l|la|bonus}}, {{l|la|favorābilis}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|dull white}} {{l|la|āter}}

====Derived terms====
{{der2|la
|albāmentum
|albārium
|albārius
|albātus
|albēdō
|albeō
|albēscō
|albicēris
|albicō
|albidus
|albīnus
|albitūdō
|albor
|albūgō
|albulus
|album
|albūmen
|alburnum
|alburnus
|albus an ater sit
|subalbus
|albogilvus
|albogalerus
|alba
|albicolor
|albicomus
|albicapillus
}}

====Descendants====
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* Balkan Romance:
** {{desc|rup|albu|alb}}
** {{desc|ruo|åb}}
** {{desc|ruq|alb|albu}}
** {{desc|ro|alb}}
* Dalmatian:
** {{desc|nolb=1|dlm|jualb|juolb}}
* Italo-Romance:
** {{desc|it|albo}} <!-- Inherited? -->
* Rhaeto-Romance:
** {{desc|rm|alv|alb}}
* Ibero-Romance:
** {{desc|mxi|الب}}
** {{desc|osp||alt=obo, oba}} {{q|in toponyms}}
** {{desc|pt|alvo}} <!-- Inherited? -->
* Insular Romance:
** {{desc|sc|abru|alvu|arvu|arbu}}
* Derived forms:
** {{desc|VL.|*alba|der=1|t=dawn}} {{see desc}}
** {{desc|VL.|albellus|der=1}} {{see desc}}
** {{desc|ML.|albinus|der=1}}
*** {{desc|es|albino|bor=1}}
**** {{desc|en|albino|bor=1}}
**** {{desc|fr|albinos|bor=1}}
** ⇒ Neo-Latin: {{desc|la|albana|nolb=1}}
*** {{desc|fr|albane|bor=1}}
**** {{desc|en|alban|bor=1}}
* Borrowings:
** {{desc|ca|alb|bor=1}}
** {{desc|fr|albe|bor=1}}
** {{desc|it|albo|bor=1}}
** {{desc|ang|albe|bor=1}}
*** {{desc|en|alb}}
** {{desc|osp|albo|bor=1}}
*** {{desc|es|albo}}
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====See also====
{{table:colors/la}}

===References===
<references/>
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:M&A}}
* {{R:NLW}}

{{topics|la|Colors}}