álbum

See also: album, Album, àlbum, albüm, and Appendix:Variations of "album"

Portuguese

Etymology

From German Album, from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”). Doublet of alvo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.bũ/ [ˈaʊ̯.bũ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bũ/ [ˈaɫ.βũ]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -albũ, (Brazil) -awbũ
Hyphenation: ál‧bum

Noun

álbum m (plural álbuns)

album

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin album. Cf. German Album. Doublet of albo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈalbun/ [ˈal.β̞ũn]
Rhymes: -albun

Noun

álbum m (plural álbums or álbumes)

album (a book designed to keep photographs, stamps, autographs)
album (a phonograph record composed of several tracks)

Further reading

“álbum”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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