see|Albino
English

Etymology
From L. albus/alba#Latin|alba via Sp. and Pg. albo#Spanish|albo/alba#Portguese|alba, "white".
wikipedia|Albinism|albinism

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/æl�bi�n��/
italbrac|US IPA|/æl�baɪno�/
audio|en-us-albino.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism

Usage notes
Considered by some to be offensive when used as a term for human beings; more neutral language being "albinistic".
Not properly comparative; one either has albinism (a recessive genetic trait) or does not. While the effects of albinism may be more marked in some individuals, this does not make those individuals "more albino" than others. To the extent that it could be comparable, perhaps in metaphoric usage, the comparatives would be more, most, less, least albino; not *albinoer, *albinest, etc.

Synonyms
italbrac|lacking melanin: albinal, albinic, albinistic, albinoid, hypomelanistic, hypomelanoid, amelanistic, amelanoid

Antonyms
italbrac|having an excess of melanin: hypermelanistic, hypermelanoid, melanistic, melanoid

See also
italbrac|lacking pigment: hypopigmented
italbrac|having an excess of pigment: hyperpigmented

Translations
trans-top|congenitally lacking melanin
Danish: #Danish|albino (hyphenates to noun)
Dutch: t-|nl|albino
Esperanto: t-|eo|albina|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: albiino (compounds to noun)
French: t+|fr|albinos
German: #German|albino (hyphenates to noun)
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Kurdish: ��رد�: albîno
Norwegian (Bokmål): #Norwegian (Bokmål)|albino
Portuguese: #Portguese|albino/albina#Portguese|albina
Spanish: #Spanish|albino/albina#Spanish|albina
Swedish: #Swedish|albino (compounds to noun)
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Noun
en-noun|plalbinos|pl2albinoes

1. countable person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism

Usage notes
Considered by some to be offensive when used as a term for human beings; more neutral language being "person with albinism".

Synonyms
italbrac|one lacking melanin: albinoid, hypomelanoid, amelanoid

Antonyms
italbrac|one having an excess of melanin: hypermelanoid, melano, melanoid

Translations
trans-top|one congenitally lacking melanin
Croatian: t-|hr|albino|m
Danish: t+|da|albino
Dutch: t-|nl|albino
Esperanto: t-|eo|albino|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|albiino
French: t+|fr|albino
German: t-|de|albino
Italian: t+|it|albino
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Japanese: JAchar|�� (shirako), JAchar|���� (arubino)
Norwegian (Bokmål): #Norwegian (Bokmål)|albino
Polish: albinosa
Portuguese: #Portuguese|albino/albina#Portuguese|albina
Russian: t+|ru|c��е��ви�ел�ное
Spanish: #Spanish|albino/albina
Swedish: t-|sv|albino
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Derived terms
albinism
albinistic
albinoid
albinic
albinal

Croatian

Noun
hr-noun|m

1. #English|albino

Synonyms
albin#Croatian|albin

Danish

Adjective
albino

1. #English|albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Usage notes
Hyphenated with the noun it modifies, e.g. "albino-pingvin" for English "albino penguin").

Noun
albino c (plural albinoer#Danish|albinoer)

1. #English|albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Category:Danish nouns
Category:Danish adjectives

Dutch

Adjective
albino

1. #English|albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Noun
albino (plural albino's)

1. #English|albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Category:Dutch nouns
Category:Dutch adjectives

Esperanto

Noun
albino (plural albinoj)

1. #English|albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Category:Esperanto nouns

French

Noun
albino (plural albinos#French|albinos)

1. #English|albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

German

Adjective
albino

1. #English|albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Usage notes
Hyphenated with the noun it modifies, e.g. "albino-Pinguin" for English "albino penguin").

Related terms
Albino

Category:German adjectives

Italian

Adjective
it-adj|albin

1. #English|albino

Noun
it-noun|albin|m|o|i (Feminine: albina)

1. #English|albino

Norwegian

Adjective
albino

1. #English|albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Noun
albino (plural albinoer#Norwegian (Bokmål)|albinoer)

1. #English|albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Category:Norwegian nouns
Category:Norwegian adjectives

Portuguese

Adjective
albino m, albina#Portuguese |albina f (plurals albinos#Portuguese |albinos m, albinas#Portuguese |albinas f)

1. #English|albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Noun
albino m, albina#Portuguese |albina f (plurals albinos#Portuguese |albinos m, albinas#Portuguese |albinas f)

1. #English|albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Category:Portuguese nouns
Category:Portuguese adjectives

Spanish

Adjective
es-adj|f=albina

1. #English|albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism]

Noun
es-noun-mf|f=albina

1. #English|albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Swedish

Adjective
albino

1. #English|albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism

Usage notes
Compounded with the noun it modifies, e.g. "albinopåfågel" for English "albino peacock").

Noun
albino c (plural albinos#Swedish|albinos)

1. #English|albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism

Category:Swedish nouns
Category:Swedish adjectives

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