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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

álbum

Pronunciation / Transliteration: al-bum

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Album/ˈæl.bəm/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O artista lançou um novo álbum que está fazendo sucesso."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A collection of recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, or another medium.

    "The artist released a new album that topped the charts."
  2. 2

    A book or folder for collecting and displaying photographs, stamps, or other items.

    "She organized her vacation pictures in a beautiful photo album."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word albus, meaning 'white', referring to a blank white tablet or book used for recording notes and lists in ancient Rome. In the 19th century, the term evolved to describe blank books for collecting photographs, stamps, or autographs, and ultimately expanded in the mid-20th century to designate a collection of recorded audio tracks, such as a Long Playing (LP) record.

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