albumen

== English == === Etymology === From Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈælbjʊmən/, /ælˈbjuːmən/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈalbjʊmɪn/ Rhymes: -uːmən Hyphenation: al‧bu‧men === Noun === albumen (countable and uncountable, plural albumens or albumina) The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water. Synonyms: egg white, glair Coordinate term: yolk (archaic) The endosperm of flowering plants. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== albumin ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “albumen”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /alˈbumɛn/ [alˈbu.mɛn] Rhymes: -umɛn Syllabification: al‧bu‧men === Noun === albumen (plural albumen-albumen) albumen, egg white, glair Synonym: putih telur === Further reading === “albumen”, 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 == Latin == === Etymology === From albus (“white”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫˈbuː.mɛn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈbuː.men] === Noun === albūmen n (genitive albūminis); third declension albumen; the white of an egg Synonyms: albāmentum, albor, album Coordinate terms: vitellus, vitellum ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Old Catalan: album Old French: albun, aubun Middle French: aubun, aubin Walloon: åbin → English: albumen → Old French: albume → French: albumen m, ⇒ albumine f → English: albumin → Russian: альбуми́н m (alʹbumín) → Spanish: albúmina f →? Italian: albume m (possibly inherited) → Romanian: albumen n → Spanish: albumen m → Tagalog: albumen === References === “albumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “albumen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French albumen. === Noun === albumen n (uncountable) albumen ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin albūmen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈbumen/ [alˈβ̞u.mẽn] Rhymes: -umen Syllabification: al‧bu‧men === Noun === albumen m (plural albúmenes) egg white, albumen Synonym: clara ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “albumen”, 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 == Swedish == === Noun === albumen definite plural of album == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish albumen, from Latin albūmen. Doublet of albumina. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈbumen/ [ʔɐlˈbuː.mɛn̪] Rhymes: -umen Syllabification: al‧bu‧men === Noun === albumen (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔) albumen (white part of an egg) Synonyms: puti ng itlog, klara, klaro ng itlog, kaputian ng itlog (biology) albumen (endosperm) Synonym: endospermo ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “albumen”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “albumen”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 21