/ˈælbəm/, [ˈaɫb̚m̩]
OriginBorrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”).
- historicalIn Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
- A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
“Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stu”
“In his free time, he used to open his album and add new pictures to it.”
- A collection, especially of literary items.
“This mixture was to be effected either by drawing the juries partly from the senate (of about 300 members), partly from an album of 300 equites (Plut. CG 5.2, Comp. 2.1), or by adlecting 600 equites i”
- A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
- A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
- A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
“When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, laz”
“His albums are very popular on Spotify.”
“He has released 8 albums so far.”
Formsalbums(plural) · alba(plural)