albatros
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Noun ===
albatros (plural albatroses)
Obsolete form of albatross.
== Azerbaijani ==
=== Etymology ===
Ultimately from French albatros.
=== Noun ===
albatros (definite accusative albatrosu, plural albatroslar)
albatross (seabird)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“albatros” in Obastan.com.
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English albatross.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [əlˈβa.tɾus]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [əlˈba.tɾos]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [alˈba.tɾos]
=== Noun ===
albatros m (invariable)
albatross
=== Further reading ===
“albatros”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
From English albatross, probably from Spanish or Portuguese alcatraz (“pelican”), probably derived from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”); or from Portuguese alcatruz (“water wheel bucket”), from Arabic الْقَادُوس (al-qādūs), from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “pail, jar”), in reference to the pouch of a pelican. In either case, altered under the influence of the Latin word albus (“white”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: al‧ba‧tros
=== Noun ===
albatros
an albatross; any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings
== Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English albatross which is probably from Spanish or Portuguese alcatraz (“pelican”), probably derived from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”); or from Portuguese alcatruz (“water wheel bucket”), from Arabic الْقَادُوس (al-qādūs), from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “pail, jar”), in reference to the pouch of a pelican. In either case, altered under the influence of Latin albus (“white”). First attested in the 19th century.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈalbatros]
=== Noun ===
albatros m anim
albatross
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“albatros”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“albatros”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
== Danish ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈalbaˌtʁʌs/
=== Noun ===
albatros c (singular definite albatrossen, plural indefinite albatrosser)
albatross
(golf) an albatross or double eagle (a score of three strokes under par for a hole)
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
“albatros” in Den Danske Ordbog
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English albatross, from Spanish or Portuguese alcatraz.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑl.baːˌtrɔs/
Hyphenation: al‧ba‧tros
=== Noun ===
albatros m (plural albatrossen, diminutive albatrosje n)
albatross, seabird of the family Diomedeidae
==== Derived terms ====
amsterdamalbatros
grote albatros
reuzenalbatros
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English albatross.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /al.ba.tʁɔs/, /al.ba.tʁos/
Hyphenation: al‧ba‧tros
=== Noun ===
albatros m (invariable)
albatross
(golf) albatross
=== References ===
“albatros”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
=== Further reading ===
“albatros”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alˈbatɾos/ [ɑlˈβ̞a.t̪ɾos̺]
Rhymes: -atɾos
Hyphenation: al‧ba‧tros
=== Noun ===
albatros m (invariable)
albatross
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Dutch albatros, from English albatross, from Spanish alcatraz or Portuguese alcatraz, from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /al.ˈba.trɔs/
Rhymes: -trɔs, -rɔs, -ɔs, -s
Hyphenation: al‧bat‧ros
=== Noun ===
albatros (plural albatros-albatros)
albatross:
(zoology) any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings
(zoology) any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as puffins
a lightweight, soft material with a napped and slightly creped surface
=== Further reading ===
“albatros”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French albatros. First attested in 1801.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alˈba.trɔs/
Rhymes: -atrɔs
Syllabification: al‧ba‧tros
=== Noun ===
albatros m animal
albatross (any bird of the family Diomedeidae)
biały albatros ― a white albatross
skrzydła albatrosa ― albatross's wings
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
albatros in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
albatros in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “albatros”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “albatros”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French albatros.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /al.baˈtros/
=== Noun ===
albatros m (plural albatroși)
albatross
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
albatros călător
albatros cu picioare negre
=== See also ===
furtunar
pescăruș
petrel
=== References ===
“albatros”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ǎlbatros/
=== Noun ===
àlbatros m anim (Cyrillic spelling а̀лбатрос)
albatross
Synonym: burnica
==== Declension ====
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English albatross, from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alˈbatɾos/ [alˈβ̞a.t̪ɾos]
Rhymes: -atɾos
Syllabification: al‧ba‧tros
=== Noun ===
albatros m (plural albatroses)
albatross
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“albatros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English albatross, from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalbatɾos/ [ˌʔal.bɐˈt̪ɾos]
Rhymes: -albatɾos
Syllabification: al‧ba‧tros
=== Noun ===
álbatrós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)
albatross (seabird)
=== Further reading ===
“albatros”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French albatros.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɑlbɑˈt(ɯ)ɾos/
=== Noun ===
albatros (definite accusative albatrosu, plural albatroslar)
albatross (seabird)
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
“albatros”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
== Welsh ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English albatross.
=== Noun ===
albatros m (plural albatrosiaid or albatrosod)
albatross (Diomedeidae spp.)
Synonym: (literary) gwas y weilgi
==== Derived terms ====
albatros aelddu (“black-browed albatross”)
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===