Word
alba
Phoneticsal·ba
US/ˈæɫbə/
UK/ˈælbɐ/
Definition
n. the early morning light, just before the sun rises. It is a poetic word often used in literature and songs.
n. the dawn or early morning light; the period of time immediately preceding sunrise. Literary and poetic in register; rarely used in everyday conversation.
Examples
“The alba broke over the quiet hills.”
“They watched the alba paint the sky in shades of pink and gold.”
“The troubadours sang of the alba as a symbol of fleeting love and the inevitable separation of lovers at daybreak.”
Examples
simple
“The alba broke over the quiet hills.”
contextual
“They watched the alba paint the sky in shades of pink and gold.”
complex
“The troubadours sang of the alba as a symbol of fleeting love and the inevitable separation of lovers at daybreak.”
Etymology
From Romanian Alba.
From Scottish Gaelic Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1. Related to albino, Albania and Elbe. More at Albany.
From Spanish Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 and 2.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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