ALBUM
What does "ALBUM" mean?
A bound collection of photos, stamps, or other items, or a single body of recorded music.
Meanings
- A blank book for mounting photographs, stamps, or keepsakes. She kept the wedding photos in a leather album.
- A collection of recordings released as a single work. The band's third album went platinum.
Did you know?
- An 'album' is literally a 'white thing': it comes from Latin 'albus' (white), the same root as 'albino' and 'albumen', the white of an egg.
Word origin
From Latin 'album', a white tablet on which public notices were written, from 'albus' (white); the blank white page later became any blank book for collecting things.
Remember it
ALBUM holds 'alb', the Latin for white - it began as a blank white page.
A little poem
White pages waiting under plastic skin-
you slot each face in, year by year,
till the blank book is heavier than the time.
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Wordplay
- The record label said the new album was a blank slate. I said that's perfect - 'album' literally started as a blank white tablet.
What it teaches
An album turns scattered moments into a story by the simple act of binding them; meaning is mostly arrangement.
Quick facts
What does ALBUM mean?
A bound collection of photos, stamps, or other items, or a single body of recorded music.
Is ALBUM a valid word?
Yes — ALBUM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ALBUM?
ALBUM has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ALBUM come from?
From Latin 'album', a white tablet on which public notices were written, from 'albus' (white); the blank white page later became any blank book for collecting things.
What can ALBUM teach us?
An album turns scattered moments into a story by the simple act of binding them; meaning is mostly arrangement.
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