alba
/ˈæl.bə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.33 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
name
A county of Transylvania, Romania.
name
Scotland, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.
name
A female given name from Spanish alba (“dawn”), of modern usage.
Example Sentences
- "For quotations using this term, see Citations:alba."
- "On a little plot of grass near the kitchen the family were spreading out a large supply of priestly vestments—albas, casullas, capas pluviales, ornamentos, parmentos, cíngulas, estolas, frontales, etc., etc., etc."
- "Christ, whom they meet, must wear an alba and an amictus, be barefooted, and carry a cross on the left shoulder."
- "Traditional styles such as cassocks and cottas, or contemporary trends in robes and collars, choir albas, skirts, caps and acolyte vestments."
- "Another canon with a biretta in his hand, wearing an alba and an upper fur mucia, is kneeling to the left of the Crucifix;"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈæl.bə/