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alba
white (feminine singular form of "alb") /ˈal.bə/
adjective#4484 most common
Also: fair-skinned, pale
Example sentences
Pisica mea este albă.
My cat is white.
Am cumpărat o rochie albă pentru petrecere.
I bought a white dress for the party.
Zăpada albă acoperea tot orașul dimineața.
The white snow covered the whole city in the morning.
Albă ca Zăpada este povestea mea preferată din copilărie.
Snow White is my favorite story from childhood.
Pe malul lacului, o lebădă albă își curăța penele în tăcere.
On the lake shore, a white swan was silently preening its feathers.
Vânzătorul de la colț juca alba-neagra ca să păcălească trecătorii grăbiți.
The seller on the corner ran the shell game to trick hurried passersby.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | albă | albe |
| Genitive | albe | albe |
| Accusative | albă | albe |
| Vocative | albă | albe |
Word family
albwhite (masculine)
albito whiten, to turn white
albeațăleukoma, cloudy whiteness on the eye
albușegg white
albicioswhitish, pale
Etymology
Romanian "alb" comes directly from Latin "albus," meaning white. "Albă" is its feminine singular form, built with the standard feminine adjective ending "-ă." The word survived unbroken from Vulgar Latin into Romanian, making it one of the language's oldest color terms. The same Latin root also gave the region and city name Alba, tied to old associations with white stone or fortifications.
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