albatros

albatros (plural albatroses)

1. Obsolete form of albatross.

Ultimately from French albatros.

albatros (definite accusative albatrosu, plural albatroslar)

1. albatross (seabird)

• “albatros” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from English albatross.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əlˈβa.tɾus]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əlˈba.tɾos]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [alˈba.tɾos]

albatros m (invariable)

1. albatross

• “albatros”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From English albatross, probably from Spanish or Portuguese alcatraz (“pelican”), probably derived from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”); or from Portuguese alcatruz (“water wheel bucket”), from Arabic الْقَادُوس (al-qādūs), from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “pail, jar”), in reference to the pouch of a pelican. In either case, altered under the influence of the Latin word albus (“white”).

• Hyphenation: al‧ba‧tros

albatros

1. an albatross; any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings

Borrowed from English albatross^[1] which is probably from Spanish or Portuguese alcatraz (“pelican”), probably derived from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”); or from Portuguese alcatruz (“water wheel bucket”), from Arabic الْقَادُوس (al-qādūs), from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “pail, jar”), in reference to the pouch of a pelican.^[2] In either case, altered under the influence of Latin albus (“white”). First attested in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): [ˈalbatros]

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albatros m anim

1. albatross

• “albatros”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “albatros”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈalbaˌtʁʌs/

albatros c (singular definite albatrossen, plural indefinite albatrosser)

1. albatross
2. (golf) an albatross or double eagle (a score of three strokes under par for a hole)

• “albatros” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English albatross, from Spanish or Portuguese alcatraz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.baːˌtrɔs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: al‧ba‧tros

albatros m (plural albatrossen, diminutive albatrosje n)

1. albatross, seabird of the family Diomedeidae

• amsterdamalbatros
• grote albatros
• reuzenalbatros

Borrowed from English albatross.

• IPA^(key): /al.ba.tʁɔs/, /al.ba.tʁos/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Hyphenation: al‧ba‧tros

albatros m (plural albatros)

1. albatross
2. (golf) albatross

• “albatros”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• “albatros”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /alˈbatɾos/ [ɑlˈβ̞a.t̪ɾos̺]
• Rhymes: -atɾos
• Hyphenation: al‧ba‧tros

albatros m (invariable)

1. albatross

Borrowed from Dutch albatros, from English albatross, from Spanish alcatraz or Portuguese alcatraz, from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”).

• IPA^(key): /al.ˈba.trɔs/
• Rhymes: -trɔs, -rɔs, -ɔs, -s
• Hyphenation: al‧bat‧ros

albatros (plural albatros-albatros)

1. albatross:
   1. (zoology) any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings
   2. (zoology) any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as puffins
   3. a lightweight, soft material with a napped and slightly creped surface

• “albatros” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from French albatros.^[1][2][3] First attested in 1801.^[4]

• IPA^(key): /alˈba.trɔs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atrɔs
• Syllabification: al‧ba‧tros

albatros m animal

1. albatross (any bird of the family Diomedeidae)

   biały albatros ― a white albatross

   skrzydła albatrosa ― albatross's wings

• albatros in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• albatros in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “albatros”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “albatros”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22

Borrowed from French albatros.

• IPA^(key): /al.baˈtros/

albatros m (plural albatroși)

1. albatross

• albatros călător
• albatros cu picioare negre

• furtunar
• pescăruș
• petrel

• “albatros”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ǎlbatros/

àlbatros m anim (Cyrillic spelling а̀лбатрос)

1. albatross

   Synonym: burnica

Borrowed from English albatross, from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz.

• IPA^(key): /alˈbatɾos/ [alˈβ̞a.t̪ɾos]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -atɾos
• Syllabification: al‧ba‧tros

albatros m (plural albatroses)

1. albatross

• “albatros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from English albatross, from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalbatɾos/ [ˌʔal.bɐˈt̪ɾos]
• Rhymes: -albatɾos
• Syllabification: al‧ba‧tros

álbatrós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

1. albatross (seabird)

• “albatros”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Borrowed from French albatros.

• IPA^(key): /ɑlbɑˈt(ɯ)ɾos/

albatros (definite accusative albatrosu, plural albatroslar)

1. albatross (seabird)

• “albatros”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Borrowed from English albatross.^[1]

albatros m (plural albatrosiaid or albatrosod)

1. albatross (Diomedeidae spp.)^[1][2]

   Synonym: (literary) gwas y weilgi

• albatros aelddu (“black-browed albatross”)

Mutated forms of albatros

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
albatros	unchanged	unchanged	halbatros