name · noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈælb.ət/
US:/ˈæl.bɚt/
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CMU ARPABET:AE1 L B ER0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 2
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A constituency in Belize
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A city in Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of Two Borders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 7
A town in New South Wales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 8
A ghost town in Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 9
A locality in the Lachlan council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 10
A crater on the Moon
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
Synonym of Albert chain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Albert chain
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 12
Alternative form of Albert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 13
prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Prince Albert, Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prince consort
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *aþalą Proto-West Germanic *aþal Proto-Indo-European *bherHǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *bher(H)ǵ-tó-s Proto-Germanic *berhtaz Proto-West Germanic *berht Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht Old English Æþelbeorht Latin Albertusder. Old French Albertder. English Albert From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.