ALBUMS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Album

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

early 17th century: from Latin, neuter of albus ‘white’ used as a noun meaning ‘a blank tablet’. Taken into English from the German use of the Latin phrase album amicorum ‘album of friends’ (a blank book in which autographs, drawings, poems, etc. were collected), it was originally used consciously as a Latin word

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈalbəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a blank book for the insertion of photographs, stamps, or pictures

Short Definition:

blank book for insertion of photographs or pictures

Examples:
  • the wedding pictures had pride of place in the family album
Definition:

a collection of recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, or another medium

Short Definition:

collection of recordings issued as single item

Examples:
  • his debut album was very much influenced by the jazz sound

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