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- US Pronunciation
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- [al-buh m]
- /ˈæl bəm/
- /ˈæl.bəm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [al-buh m]
- /ˈæl bəm/
Definitions of album word
- countable noun album An album is a record with about 25 minutes of music on each side. You can also refer to a collection of songs that is available on a record or CD as an album. 3
- countable noun album An album is a book in which you keep things such as photographs or stamps that you have collected. 3
- noun album a book or binder consisting of blank pages, pockets, or envelopes for keeping photographs, stamps, autographs, drawings, poems, etc 3
- noun album a collection of recordings released as a single item 3
- noun album a booklike holder containing sleeves for gramophone records 3
- noun album an anthology, usually large and illustrated 3
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Origin of album
First appearance:
before 1645 One of the 44% oldest English words
1645-55; 1955-60 for def 2; < Latin: neuter singular of albus white, i.e., a blank (tablet) painted white for writing on
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Parts of speech for Album
noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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album popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
album usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for album
noun album
- collection — A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time.
- index — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- anthology — An anthology is a collection of writings by different writers published together in one book.
- register — a list or record of such acts, events, etc.
- notebook — a book of or for notes.