Alba

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: ălʹbÉ™, IPA: /ˈælbÉ™/

First attested in 1821; from the Occitan alba, ultimately from the Latin albus ("white"); compare the Spanish alba ("dawn").

Full definition of alba

Noun

1. A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

First attested in 1848; from the Latin alba (the feminine form of albus, “white”) in the now-disused species name of binomial nomenclature Rosa alba (it is now considered a hybrid and is accordingly called Rosa × alba).

Noun

1. A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid .
2. A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.

First attested in 1859; from the Latin alba, the nominative plural form of album ("blank tablet"), whence the English album.

Noun

plural

1. Plural of album

Anagrams

• Ba'al, Baal, LABA