albino

Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino.

• Portuguese albino is from Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus
• Spanish albino is diminutive of albo, from Latin albus (“white”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ælˈbiːnəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /alˈbiːnoː/

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albino (not comparable)

1. Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.

• The term is considered offensive by some (when used as a term for human beings); "albinistic" is a possible alternative.^[1]
• The term is not comparative: one either has albinism (a recessive genetic trait) or does not. While the effects of albinism may be more marked in some individuals, this does not make those individuals "more albino" than others. To the extent that it could be comparable, perhaps in metaphoric usage, the comparatives would be more/most/less/least albino (not *albinoer, *albinest, etc).

• (lacking melanin): albinal, albinic, albinistic, albinoid, hypomelanistic, hypomelanoid, amelanistic, amelanoid

• (antonym(s) of “having an excess of melanin”): hypermelanistic, hypermelanoid, melanistic, melanoid

• (lacking pigment): hypopigmented
• (having an excess of pigment): hyperpigmented
• leucistic

albino (plural albinos or albinoes)

1. (countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

• The term is considered offensive by some when used to designate a human being; the phrase "person with albinism" is a neutral alternative.^[1]

• (one lacking melanin): albinoid, hypomelanoid, amelanoid

• (antonym(s) of “one having an excess of melanin”): hypermelanoid, melano, melanoid

• albino on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Albion, Bailon, laibon, no bail, no-bail, oliban, on bail

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

albino c (singular definite albinoen, plural indefinite albinoer)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

• albinisme c

• “albino” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Spanish albino, from Latin albus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑlˈbi.noː/

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• Hyphenation: al‧bi‧no
• Rhymes: -inoː

albino m or f (plural albino's, diminutive albino'tje n)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

• → Indonesian: albino

albino (not comparable)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Declension of albino
uninflected	albino
inflected	albino
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		albino
indefinite	m./f. sing.	albino
	n. sing.	albino
	plural	albino
definite		albino
partitive		—

• albinisme

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• IPA^(key): /alˈbino/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: al‧bin‧o

albino (accusative singular albinon, plural albinoj, accusative plural albinojn)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino

• albinismo

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino

• “albino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Dutch albino, from Spanish albino, from Latin albus.

• IPA^(key): [alˈbino]
• Hyphenation: al‧bi‧no

albino (plural albino-albino)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

• “albino” 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.

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

• IPA^(key): /alˈbi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: al‧bì‧no

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albini, feminine plural albine)

1. albino

• albinismo

albino m (plural albini, feminine albina)

1. albino

• albino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Alboni, Libano, bolina, inalbo

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

albino m (definite singular albinoen, indefinite plural albinoer, definite plural albinoene)

1. an albino (person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism)
2. (as a noun modifier) albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

• “albino” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “albino” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

albino m (definite singular albinoen, indefinite plural albinoar, definite plural albinoane)

1. an albino (as above)
2. (as a noun modifier) albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

• “albino” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus.^[1]

• Rhymes: -ĩnu, -inu
• Hyphenation: al‧bi‧no

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

1. albinistic, albino (who suffers from albinism)

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino (something or someone suffering from albinism)

• “albino”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

albíno m anim (Cyrillic spelling алби́но)

1. albino

• albin

From albo +‎ -ino, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”).

• IPA^(key): /alˈbino/ [alˈβ̞i.no]

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: al‧bi‧no

albino (feminine albina, masculine plural albinos, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

• “albino”, 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

• bolina, Líbano, lobina

Borrowed from English albino.

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albino class V (plural maalbino class VI)

1. albino

   Synonym: zeruzeru

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

albino

1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

• Compounded with the noun it modifies, e.g. albinopåfågel for English "albino peacock".

albino c (plural albiner)

1. albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

• Albion

Borrowed from Spanish albino.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈbino/ [ʔɐlˈbiː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: al‧bi‧no

albino (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜒᜈᜓ)

1. albino (one congenitally lacking melanin)

   Synonyms: anak-araw, lihi-sa-araw

• “albino”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “albino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 21