albatros

albatros (plural albatroses)

1. Obsolete form of albatross.

From English albatross.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əlˈba.tɾos/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əlˈba.tɾus/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /alˈba.tɾos/

albatros m (plural albatros)

1. albatross

• “albatros” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈalbatros]

albatros m anim

1. albatross

• albatros in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• albatros in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 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/

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• Hyphenation: al‧ba‧tros

albatros m (plural albatrossen, diminutive albatrosje n)

1. albatross, seabird of the family Diomedeidae

• reuzenalbatros

From English albatross.

• IPA^(key): /al.ba.tʁɔs/

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• Hyphenation: al‧bat‧ros

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.)

albatros m (plural albatros)

1. albatross

Borrowed from French albatros, from English albatross from Spanish alcatraz, from Arabic الْغَطَّاس‎‎ (al-ḡaṭṭās).[1] First attested in 1801.[2]

• IPA^(key): /alˈbat.rɔs/

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• Rhymes: -atrɔs
• Syllabification: al‧bat‧ros

albatros m anim

1. albatross (any bird of the family Diomedeidae)

   biały albatros ― a white albatross

   skrzydła albatrosa ― albatross's wings

• Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

• 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)

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• IPA^(key): /ǎlbatros/

àlbatros m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лбатрос)

1. albatross

• burnica

From English albatross, from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz.

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

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

albatros m (plural albatroses)

1. albatross

• albatros de ceja negra
• albatros ojeroso

• “albatros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from French albatros.

• IPA^(key): /ɑlbɑˈt(ɯ)ɾos/

albatros (definite accusative albatrosu, plural albatroslar)

1. albatross (seabird)

• albatros in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu