albino

See also: Albino

English

Etymology

Portuguese albino, diminutive of albo, from Latin albus ‎(“white”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ælˈbiːnəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /alˈbiːnoː/

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Adjective

albino ‎(not comparable)

1. congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism

Usage notes

• The term is considered offensive by some (when used as a term for human beings); "albinistic" is a possible alternative.
• The term is not comparative: one either has albinism (a recessive genetic trait) or does not. While the effects of albinism may be more marked in some individuals, this does not make those individuals "more albino" than others. To the extent that it could be comparable, perhaps in metaphoric usage, the comparatives would be more/most/less/least albino (not *albinoer, *albinest, etc).

Synonyms

• (lacking melanin): albinal, albinic, albinistic, albinoid, hypomelanistic, hypomelanoid, amelanistic, amelanoid

Antonyms

• (having an excess of melanin): hypermelanistic, hypermelanoid, melanistic, melanoid

See also

• (lacking pigment): hypopigmented
• (having an excess of pigment): hyperpigmented

Translations

congenitally lacking melanin

• Catalan: albí m
• Dutch: albino
• Esperanto: albina
• Finnish: albiino (compounds to noun)
• French: albinos (fr)
• German: albino (hyphenates to noun)
• Japanese: アルビノの ‎(arubino no)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: albîno (ku)

  Sorani: كوردي

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albino (no)

• Portuguese: albino (pt) m, albina f
• Spanish: albino (es)
• Swahili: zeruzeru (sw)
• Swedish: albino (sv) (compounds to noun)
• Tagalog: anak-araw (tl), sarka

Noun

albino ‎(plural albinos or albinoes)

1. (countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

Usage notes

• The term is considered offensive by some when used to designate a human being; the phrase "person with albinism" is a neutral alternative.

Synonyms

• (one lacking melanin): albinoid, hypomelanoid, amelanoid

Antonyms

• (one having an excess of melanin): hypermelanoid, melano, melanoid

Translations

one congenitally lacking melanin

• Bikol Central: ugis
• Catalan: albí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 患白化病的人 (zh) ‎(huàn báihuàbìng de rén) (person), 患白化病的動植物 (zh) ‎(huàn báihuàbìng de dòngzhíwù) (plants or animals)

• Danish: albino (da)
• Dutch: albino
• Esperanto: albino (eo)
• Finnish: albiino (fi)
• French: albinos (fr) m, f
• German: Albino (de) m
• Greek: αλμπίνος (el) m ‎(almpínos)
• Irish: ailbíneach m, bánaí m, dall bán m

• Italian: albino (it)
• Japanese: 白子 ‎(しろこ, shiroko, しらこ, shirako), アルビノ ‎(arubino)
• Maori: kōrako
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: albino (no)

• Polish: albinos (pl) m
• Portuguese: albino (pt) m, albina f
• Russian: альбино́с (ru) m ‎(alʹbinós), альбино́ска (ru) f ‎(alʹbinóska)
• Serbo-Croatian: албино m, albino m
• Spanish: albino (es) m, albina (es) f
• Swahili: zeruzeru (sw)
• Swedish: albino (sv)
• Tagalog: anak-araw (tl), sarka

Derived terms

albinism albinistic albinoid

albinic albinal

External links

• albino on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Albion

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin albino or Portuguese albino, from Latin albus ‎(“white”).

Noun

albino c (singular definite albinoen, plural indefinite albinoer)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Related terms

• albinisme c

Inflection

Inflection of albino

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	albino	albinoen	albinoer	albinoerne
genitive	albinos	albinoens	albinoers	albinoernes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

albino m, f ‎(plural albino's, diminutive albino'tje n)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Adjective

albino ‎(not comparable)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Inflection

Inflection of albino
uninflected	albino
inflected	albino
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		albino
indefinite	m./f. sing.	albino
	n. sing.	albino
	plural	albino
definite		albino
partitive		—

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Esperanto

Noun

albino ‎(accusative singular albinon, plural albinoj, accusative plural albinojn)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

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German

Adjective

albino ‎(not comparable)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Declension

Declension of albino

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist albino	sie ist albino	es ist albino	sie sind albino
strong declension (without article)	nominative	albinoer	albinoe	albinoes	albinoe
	genitive	albinoen	albinoer	albinoen	albinoer
	dative	albinoem	albinoer	albinoem	albinoen
	accusative	albinoen	albinoe	albinoes	albinoe
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der albinoe	die albinoe	das albinoe	die albinoen
	genitive	des albinoen	der albinoen	des albinoen	der albinoen
	dative	dem albinoen	der albinoen	dem albinoen	den albinoen
	accusative	den albinoen	die albinoe	das albinoe	die albinoen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein albinoer	eine albinoe	ein albinoes	(keine) albinoen
	genitive	eines albinoen	einer albinoen	eines albinoen	(keiner) albinoen
	dative	einem albinoen	einer albinoen	einem albinoen	(keinen) albinoen
	accusative	einen albinoen	eine albinoe	ein albinoes	(keine) albinoen

Usage notes

• Hyphenated with the noun it modifies, e.g. "albino-Pinguin" for English "albino penguin".

Related terms

• Albino noun

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Italian

Adjective

albino m ‎(feminine singular albina, masculine plural albini, feminine plural albine)

1. albino

Noun

albino m ‎(plural albini, feminine albina)

1. albino

Anagrams

• bolina, Libano

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Norwegian

Adjective

albino

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Usage notes

Albino is not listed as an adjective in Norwegian, nor in Danish, so it is possibly regarded as a noun modifier as well as a noun. In addition, the Oxford Dictionary of English lists albino as a noun only.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino

Noun

albino m ‎(definite singular albinoen, indefinite plural albinoer, definite plural albinoene)

1. an albino (person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino

Noun

albino m ‎(definite singular albinoen, indefinite plural albinoar, definite plural albinoane)

1. an albino (as above)

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Portuguese

Adjective

albino m ‎(feminine singular albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas, comparable)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Noun

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

albíno m ‎(Cyrillic spelling албино)

1. albino

Declension

Declension of albino

	singular	plural
nominative	albíno	albíni
genitive	albína	albina
dative	albinu	albinima
accusative	albína	albine
vocative	albíno	albini
locative	albinu	albinima
instrumental	albinom	albinima

Related terms

• albin

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Spanish

Adjective

albino m ‎(feminine singular albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Noun

albino m ‎(plural albinos, feminine albina)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

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Swedish

Adjective

albino

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Usage notes

• Compounded with the noun it modifies, e.g. "albinopåfågel" for English "albino peacock").

Noun

albino c (plural albiner)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism