alb
pronunciation
How to pronounce alb in British English:
UK [ælb]
How to pronounce alb in American English:
US [ ælb]
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- Noun:
- a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests
Word Origin
- alb (n.)
- late Old English albe, from Late Latin alba (in tunica alba or vestis alba "white vestment"), fem. of albus "white," from PIE root *albho- "white" (cognates: Greek alphos "white leprosy," alphiton "barley meal;" Old High German albiz, Old English elfet "swan," literally "the white bird;" Old Church Slavonic and Russian lebedi, Polish łabędź "swan;" Hittite alpash "cloud").
Example
- 1. Since-the alb is no native to the united states there are no known natural predators in the united states . There is no effective way to control the beetle in the u.s. except to destroy every tree they infest .