albescente

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Participle ==== albēscente ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of albēscēns === Etymology 2 === Ellipsis of albēscente caelō/diē (ablative absolute, literally “at the sky/day(light) starting to become white”). Attested in the Peregrinatio Etheriae. ==== Adverb ==== albēscente (not comparable) (Late Latin, hapax legomenon) at the break of day Synonyms: (Classical Latin) māne, prīmō dīlūculō, prīmā lūce, sōle oriente Antonym: (Late Latin) vesperāscente === References === “albēsco” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin albēscentis, albēscēns, present participle of albēscō (“to become white”), from albus (“white”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === albescente m or f (plural albescentes) (rare) albescent (becoming white; whitish) Synonym: albicante ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “albescente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “albescente”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026