Standard Lemma guide

Albanian

adj · name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ən/
  • US: /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
  • US: /ælˈbeɪn.jən/
  • US: /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
  • US: /ɔlˈbeɪn.jən/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ɑlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ɑlˈbeɪn.jən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪniən
  • /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
  • /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ən/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AE0 L B EY1 N IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian ethnic group or the Albanian language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Synonym of Caucasian Albanian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Caucasian Albanian

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

of or from the city of Albany, New York State

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: central New York

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Scottish, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, poetic, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A person of an ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe, comprising the ethnic majorities of Albania and Kosovo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Synonym of Caucasian Albanian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Caucasian Albanian

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Someone from the city of Albany, New York State.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: central New York

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective

Meaning 9

of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

the Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite

Narrower terms: Gheg, Gheg dialect, Tosk, Tosk dialect

11

noun

Meaning 11

a native or inhabitant of Albania

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

History

Etymology

From Albania + -n. Doublet of Albanese. Compare Middle French Albanien and old Albanian endonym arbën, arbër (“Albanian”).

From (Caucasian) Albania + -ian.

From Albany + -ian.

From Alba + -n- + -ian.

Across languages

Translations

290 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Albanees — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Albanian: shqip — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Albanian: shkyp — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Albanian: Sccyp — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Albanian: arbërisht — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Albanian: arbënisht — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ (ʔalbāniyy) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Arabic: ألباني (ʔalbāni) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Armenian: ալբանական (albanakan) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Aromanian: arbinescu — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Aromanian: arbinishescu — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Asturian: albanés — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Asturian: albanu — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Azerbaijani: alban — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Basque: albaniar — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Belarusian: алба́нскі (albánski) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Bengali: আলবানী (albanī) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Bulgarian: алба́нски (albánski) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Burmese: အယ်လ်ဘေးနီးယား (ailbhe:ni:ya:) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Catalan: albanès — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Catalan: albanés — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Chinese Cantonese: 阿爾巴尼亞的 /阿尔巴尼亚的 (aa3 ji5 baa1 nei4 aa3 dik1) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞的 /阿尔巴尼亚的 (Ā'ěrbāníyà de) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Czech: albánský — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Danish: albansk — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Dutch: Albanees — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Esperanto: albana — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Estonian: albaania — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Estonian: Albaania — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Faroese: albanskur — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Finnish: albanialainen — of or pertaining to Albania
  • French: albanais — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Friulian: albanês — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Galician: albanés — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Georgian: ალბანეთის (albanetis) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Georgian: ალბანური (albanuri) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • German: albanisch — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Greek: αλβανικός (alvanikós) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (ālbāniyan) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Hebrew: אַלְבָּנִי (albáni) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Hindi: आल्बानियन (ālbāniyan) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Hindi: अल्बानियाई (albāniyāī) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Hungarian: albán — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Hungarian: albániai — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Icelandic: albanskur — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Interlingua: albanese — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Irish: Albánach — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Italian: albanese — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Japanese: アルバニアの (Arubania no) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Kazakh: албан (alban) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Khmer: អាល់បានី (ʼalbaanii) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Korean: 알바니아의 (Albania-ui) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Kyrgyz: албан (alban) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Ladino: albanez — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Ladino: arvanit — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Lao: ອານບານີ (ʼān bā nī) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Latin: albanicus — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Latvian: albāņu — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Latvian: albānisks — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Lithuanian: albaniškas — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Lithuanian: albaniška — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Macedonian: албански (albanski) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Malay: Albania — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Maltese: Albaniż — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Mongolian: албани (albani) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Norwegian Bokmål: albansk — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: albansk — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Occitan: albanés — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Persian: آلبانیایی (âlbâniyâyi) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Polish: albański — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Portuguese: albanês — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Romanian: albanez — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Romansh: albanais — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Russian: алба́нский (albánskij) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Samogitian: albanėšks — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀лба̄нскӣ — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Serbo-Croatian: àlbānskī — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Sicilian: arbanisi — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Slovak: albánsky — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Slovene: albánski — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Upper Sorbian: albanski — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Spanish: albanés — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Swedish: albansk — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Tagalog: Albanes — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Tajik: албанӣ (albani) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Thai: แอลเบเนีย (ɛl-bee-niia) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Turkish: Arnavut — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Turkmen: alban — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Ukrainian: алба́нський (albánsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Uyghur: ئالبان (alban) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Uzbek: alban — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Venetan: albanexe — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Venetan: arbanexe — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Vietnamese: An-ba-ni — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Yiddish: אַלבאַניש (albanish) — of or pertaining to Albania
  • Afrikaans: Albanees — language
  • Albanian: shqip — language
  • Albanian: (gjuha) shqipe — language
  • Albanian: arbërisht — language
  • Albanian: Arbërishtja — language
  • Albanian: T'arbrisht — language
  • Arabic: ألباني (ʔalbāni) — language
  • Armenian: ալբաներեն (albaneren) — language
  • Aromanian: arbinishashti — language
  • Aromanian: limba arbinishascã — language
  • Asturian: albanés — language
  • Basque: albaniera — language
  • Belarusian: алба́нская мо́ва (albánskaja móva) — language
  • Belarusian: алба́нская (albánskaja) — language
  • Bengali: আলবানী (albanī) — language
  • Catalan: albanès — language
  • Catalan: albanés — language
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏇᏂ (aliqueni) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞語 /阿尔巴尼亚语 (Ā'ěrbāníyàyǔ) — language
  • Czech: albánština — language
  • Danish: albansk — language
  • Dutch: Albanees — language
  • Esperanto: albana — language
  • Estonian: albaania keel — language
  • Estonian: albaania — language
  • Faroese: albanskt — language
  • Finnish: albania — language
  • Finnish: albanian kieli — language
  • French: albanais — language
  • Galician: albanés — language
  • Georgian: ალბანური ენა (albanuri ena) — language
  • Georgian: ალბანური (albanuri) — language
  • German: Albanisch — language
  • Greek: αλβανικά (alvaniká) — language
  • Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (ālbāniyan) — language
  • Hebrew: אַלְבָּנִית (albanít) — language
  • Hindi: आल्बानियन (ālbāniyan) — language
  • Hungarian: albán — language
  • Icelandic: albanska — language
  • Interlingua: albanese — language
  • Irish: Albáinis — language
  • Italian: albanese — language
  • Japanese: アルバニア語 (Arubaniago) — language
  • Kalmyk: албан келн (alban keln) — language
  • Korean: 알바니아어 (Albania'eo) — language
  • Lithuanian: albanų — language
  • Lithuanian: albanų kalba — language
  • Macedonian: албански (albanski) — language
  • Malay: bahasa Albania — language
  • Maltese: L-Albaniż — language
  • Navajo: Albéínii bizaad — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: albansk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: albansk — language
  • Polish: (język) albański — language
  • Portuguese: albanês — language
  • Romanian: albaneză — language
  • Romanian: limba albaneză — language
  • Romansh: albanais — language
  • Romansh: lingua albanaisa — language
  • Russian: алба́нский (albánskij) — language
  • Scots: Albanie — language
  • Scottish Gaelic: Albàinis — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀лба̄нскӣ — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: àlbānskī — language
  • Slovene: albánščina — language
  • Upper Sorbian: albanšćina — language
  • Spanish: albanés — language
  • Swedish: albanska — language
  • Tagalog: Albanes — language
  • Tigrinya: አልቤኒኛ (ʾälbeniña) — language
  • Turkish: Arnavutça — language
  • Ukrainian: алба́нська мо́ва (albánsʹka móva) — language
  • Afrikaans: Albanees — ethnic Albanian
  • Albanian: shqiptar — ethnic Albanian
  • Albanian: shqiptare — ethnic Albanian
  • Albanian: arbën — ethnic Albanian
  • Albanian: arbër — ethnic Albanian
  • Albanian: Arbëreshë — ethnic Albanian
  • Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ (ʔalbāniyy) — ethnic Albanian
  • Arabic: أَلْبَانِيَّة (ʔalbāniyya) — ethnic Albanian
  • Armenian: ալբանացի (albanacʻi) — ethnic Albanian
  • Aromanian: arbines — ethnic Albanian
  • Aromanian: alvano — ethnic Albanian
  • Aromanian: shchiptar — ethnic Albanian
  • Asturian: albanés — ethnic Albanian
  • Asturian: albanu — ethnic Albanian
  • Azerbaijani: alban — ethnic Albanian
  • Basque: albaniar — ethnic Albanian
  • Belarusian: алба́нец (albánjec) — ethnic Albanian
  • Belarusian: алба́нка (albánka) — ethnic Albanian
  • Bengali: আলবানী (albanī) — ethnic Albanian
  • Bulgarian: алба́нец (albánec) — ethnic Albanian
  • Bulgarian: алба́нка (albánka) — ethnic Albanian
  • Bulgarian: арнау́т (arnaút) — ethnic Albanian
  • Bulgarian: арнау́тка (arnaútka) — ethnic Albanian
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Алба́нець (Albánecʹ) — ethnic Albanian
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Алба́нка (Albánka) — ethnic Albanian
  • Catalan: albanès — ethnic Albanian
  • Catalan: albanesa — ethnic Albanian
  • Catalan: albanés — ethnic Albanian
  • Catalan: albanesa — ethnic Albanian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞人 /阿尔巴尼亚人 (Ā'ěrbāníyàrén) — ethnic Albanian
  • Crimean Tatar: arnavut — ethnic Albanian
  • Czech: Albánec — ethnic Albanian
  • Czech: Albánka — ethnic Albanian
  • Danish: albaner — ethnic Albanian
  • Dutch: Albanees — ethnic Albanian
  • Dutch: Albanese — ethnic Albanian
  • Esperanto: albano — ethnic Albanian
  • Estonian: albaanlane — ethnic Albanian
  • Estonian: albaanlanna — ethnic Albanian
  • Faroese: albani — ethnic Albanian
  • Finnish: albanialainen — ethnic Albanian
  • French: Albanais — ethnic Albanian
  • French: Albanaise — ethnic Albanian
  • Galician: albanés — ethnic Albanian
  • Galician: albanesa — ethnic Albanian
  • Georgian: ალბანელი (albaneli) — ethnic Albanian
  • German: Albaner — ethnic Albanian
  • German: Albanerin — ethnic Albanian
  • German: Albanier — ethnic Albanian
  • German: Albanierin — ethnic Albanian
  • Greek: Αλβανός (Alvanós) — ethnic Albanian
  • Greek: Αλβανή (Alvaní) — ethnic Albanian
  • Greek: Αλβανίδα (Alvanída) — ethnic Albanian
  • Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (ālbāniyan) — ethnic Albanian
  • Hebrew: אלבני (albani) — ethnic Albanian
  • Hebrew: אלבנית (albanit) — ethnic Albanian
  • Hindi: आल्बानियन (ālbāniyan) — ethnic Albanian
  • Hungarian: albán — ethnic Albanian
  • Icelandic: Albani — ethnic Albanian
  • Interlingua: albanese — ethnic Albanian
  • Irish: Albánach — ethnic Albanian
  • Italian: albanese — ethnic Albanian
  • Japanese: アルバニア人 (arubaniajin) — ethnic Albanian
  • Kazakh: албан (alban) — ethnic Albanian
  • Korean: 알바니아인 (albaniain) — ethnic Albanian
  • Korean: 알바니아 사람 (albania saram) — ethnic Albanian
  • Kyrgyz: албан (alban) — ethnic Albanian
  • Latvian: albānis — ethnic Albanian
  • Latvian: albāniete — ethnic Albanian
  • Lithuanian: albanas — ethnic Albanian
  • Lithuanian: albanė — ethnic Albanian
  • Lithuanian: albanietis — ethnic Albanian
  • Lithuanian: albanietė — ethnic Albanian
  • Macedonian: Албанец (Albanec) — ethnic Albanian
  • Macedonian: Албанка (Albanka) — ethnic Albanian
  • Malay: orang Albania — ethnic Albanian
  • Maltese: Albaniż — ethnic Albanian
  • Maltese: Albaniża — ethnic Albanian
  • Mongolian: албани хүн (albani xün) — ethnic Albanian
  • Norwegian Bokmål: albaner — ethnic Albanian
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: alban — ethnic Albanian
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: albanar — ethnic Albanian
  • Occitan: albanés — ethnic Albanian
  • Polish: Albańczyk — ethnic Albanian
  • Polish: Albanka — ethnic Albanian
  • Portuguese: albanês — ethnic Albanian
  • Portuguese: albanesa — ethnic Albanian
  • Romanian: albanez — ethnic Albanian
  • Romanian: albaneză — ethnic Albanian
  • Romansh: albanais — ethnic Albanian
  • Romansh: albanaisa — ethnic Albanian
  • Russian: алба́нец (albánec) — ethnic Albanian
  • Russian: алба́нка (albánka) — ethnic Albanian
  • Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach — ethnic Albanian
  • Serbo-Croatian: Алба́нац — ethnic Albanian
  • Serbo-Croatian: А̀лба̄нка — ethnic Albanian
  • Serbo-Croatian: Albánac — ethnic Albanian
  • Serbo-Croatian: Àlbānka — ethnic Albanian
  • Sicilian: arbanisi — ethnic Albanian
  • Sicilian: arbanisa — ethnic Albanian
  • Slovak: Albánec — ethnic Albanian
  • Slovak: Albánka — ethnic Albanian
  • Slovene: Albánec — ethnic Albanian
  • Slovene: Albánka — ethnic Albanian
  • Lower Sorbian: Albanaŕ — ethnic Albanian
  • Lower Sorbian: Albanarka — ethnic Albanian
  • Upper Sorbian: Albanjan — ethnic Albanian
  • Upper Sorbian: Albančan — ethnic Albanian
  • Upper Sorbian: Albanjanka — ethnic Albanian
  • Spanish: albanés — ethnic Albanian
  • Spanish: albanesa — ethnic Albanian
  • Swedish: alban — ethnic Albanian
  • Swedish: albanska — ethnic Albanian
  • Tagalog: Albanes — ethnic Albanian
  • Tajik: албанӣ (albani) — ethnic Albanian
  • Turkish: Arnavut — ethnic Albanian
  • Ottoman Turkish: آرناود (arnaud, arnavud) — ethnic Albanian
  • Turkmen: alban — ethnic Albanian
  • Ukrainian: алба́нець (albánecʹ) — ethnic Albanian
  • Ukrainian: алба́нка (albánka) — ethnic Albanian
  • Uyghur: ئالبان (alban) — ethnic Albanian
  • Uzbek: alban — ethnic Albanian
Real reading context

Albanian in complete knowledge articles