album

English

/ˈælbəm/

noun
Definitions
  • A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
  • A collection, especially of literary items
  • 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.
  • (historical) In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin album (blank white writing tablet, register, the colour white, blank tablet, tablet).

Origin

Latin

album

Gloss

blank white writing tablet, register, the colour white, blank tablet, tablet

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