albumen
Appearance
See also: albúmen
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈælbjʊmən/, /ælˈbjuːmən/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈalbjʊmɪn/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːmən
- Hyphenation: al‧bu‧men
Noun
[edit]albumen (countable and uncountable, plural albumens or albumina)
- The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.
- 1892, Ella Eaton Kellogg, “Foods”, in Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes[1], Revised edition, Michigan: Health Publishing Company, page 25:
- The various elements found in food are the following: Starch, sugar, fats, albumen, mineral substances, indigestible substances.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]white part of an egg
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Further reading
[edit]- “albumen”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From albus (“white”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈbuː.men/, [äɫ̪ˈbuːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈbu.men/, [älˈbuːmen]
Noun
[edit]albūmen n (genitive albūminis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | albūmen | albūmina |
genitive | albūminis | albūminum |
dative | albūminī | albūminibus |
accusative | albūmen | albūmina |
ablative | albūmine | albūminibus |
vocative | albūmen | albūmina |
Synonyms
[edit]- (albumen of an egg): albāmentum, albor, album
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “albumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- albumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]albumen n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | albumen | albumenul |
genitive-dative | albumen | albumenului |
vocative | albumenule |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]albumen m (plural albúmenes)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “albumen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]albumen
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