alba
Meanings
Plural: albas
Noun
- A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
- A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
- A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
- plural of album
- Synonym of alb.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 6
alba is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordalba is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
alba is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
alba is a valid Words With Friends word