noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈælbəm/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈæɫb̚m̩]
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈaɫb̚m̩]
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Canada, General-American:/ˈælbəm/
Canada, General-American:[ˈæɫb̚m̩]
Australian:/ˈælbəm/
Australian:[ˈæɫb̚m̩]
New-Zealand:/ˈɛlbəm/
New-Zealand:[ˈɛɫb̚m̩]
CMU ARPABET:AE1 L B AH0 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
In his free time, he used to open his album and add new pictures to it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scrapbook
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A collection, especially of literary items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
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 group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
His albums are very popular on Spotify.
He has released 8 albums so far.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: book, volume
Narrower terms: autograph album, phonograph album, record album, photograph album, scrapbook, stamp album
8
noun
Meaning 8
one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: record album
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medium
Narrower terms: concept album
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”).
Across languages
Translations
185 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Ancient Greek:
λεύκωμᾰ
(leúkōmă)
— white tablet used in Ancient Rome
Latin:
album
— white tablet used in Ancient Rome
Portuguese:
álbum
— white tablet used in Ancient Rome
Afrikaans:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Albanian:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Arabic:
أَلْبُوم
(ʔalbūm)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Arabic:
أَلْبُوم
(albūm)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Armenian:
ալբոմ
(albom)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Azerbaijani:
albom
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Belarusian:
альбо́м
(alʹbóm)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Bengali:
অ্যালবাম
(êlbam)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Bulgarian:
албу́м
(albúm)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Burmese:
အယ်လဘမ်
(aila.bham)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Chinese Mandarin:
册子
(cèzi)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Chinese Mandarin:
影集
(yǐngjí)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Chinese Mandarin:
畫冊 /画册
(huàcè)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Chinese Mandarin:
集郵冊 /集邮册
(jíyóucè)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Czech:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Danish:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Dutch:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Esperanto:
albumo
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Estonian:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Finnish:
albumi
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Finnish:
valokuva-albumi
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
French:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Georgian:
ალბომი
(albomi)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
German:
Album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Greek:
άλμπουμ
(álmpoum)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Hebrew:
אָלְבּוּם
(álbum)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Hindi:
अलबम
(albam)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Hindi:
अल्बम
(albam)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Hungarian:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Icelandic:
albúm
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Indonesian:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Irish:
albam
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Italian:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Japanese:
アルバム
(arubamu)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Japanese:
写真帖
(shashinchō)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Kazakh:
альбом
(albom)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Khmer:
អាល់ប៊ុម
(ʼalbum)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Korean:
앨범
(aelbeom)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Korean:
사진첩
(sajincheop)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Northern Kurdish:
albûm
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Kyrgyz:
альбом
(albom)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Lao:
ປຶ້ມ
(pưm)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Lao:
ສະມຸດ
(sa mut)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Lao:
ອັລບັມ
(ʼan bam)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Latvian:
albums
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Lithuanian:
albumas
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Macedonian:
албум
(album)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Malay:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Māori:
pukaemi
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Mongolian:
цомог
(comog)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Mongolian:
альбом
(alʹbom)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Mongolian:
ᠴᠣᠮᠤᠭ
(čomuɣ)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Mongolian:
ᠠᠯᠪᠦ᠋ᠮ
(albüm)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Norwegian Bokmål:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Norwegian Nynorsk:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Pashto:
البم
(albám)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Iranian Persian:
آلْبوم
(âlbom)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Polish:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Portuguese:
álbum
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Romanian:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Russian:
альбо́м
(alʹbóm)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Serbo-Croatian:
а̀лбӯм
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Serbo-Croatian:
àlbūm
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Slovak:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Slovene:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Spanish:
álbum
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Swedish:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Tagalog:
album
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Tajik:
албом
(albom)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Thai:
อัลบั้ม
(al-bâm)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Turkish:
albüm
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Turkmen:
albom
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Ukrainian:
альбо́м
(alʹbóm)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Urdu:
اَلْبَم
(albam)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Uyghur:
ئالبۇم
(album)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Uzbek:
albom
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Vietnamese:
an bom
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Vietnamese:
an bum
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Welsh:
albwm
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Yiddish:
אַלבום
(album)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Yiddish:
אַלבאָם
(albom)
— book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Afrikaans:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Albanian:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Arabic:
أَلْبُوم
(ʔalbūm)
— phonograph record (LP)
Armenian:
ալբոմ
(albom)
— phonograph record (LP)
Azerbaijani:
albom
— phonograph record (LP)
Belarusian:
альбо́м
(alʹbóm)
— phonograph record (LP)
Bulgarian:
албу́м
(albúm)
— phonograph record (LP)
Burmese:
အယ်လဘမ်
(aila.bham)
— phonograph record (LP)
Burmese:
တေးစီးရီး
(te:ci:ri:)
— phonograph record (LP)
Chinese Cantonese:
唱片
— phonograph record (LP)
Chinese Mandarin:
唱片
(chàngpiàn, chàngpiān)
— phonograph record (LP)
Czech:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Danish:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Dutch:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Esperanto:
albumo
— phonograph record (LP)
Faroese:
flaga
— phonograph record (LP)
Finnish:
albumi
— phonograph record (LP)
French:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Georgian:
ალბომი
(albomi)
— phonograph record (LP)
German:
Album
— phonograph record (LP)
Greek:
άλμπουμ
(álmpoum)
— phonograph record (LP)
Hebrew:
אָלְבּוּם
(álbum)
— phonograph record (LP)
Hindi:
एल्बम
(elbam)
— phonograph record (LP)
Hungarian:
lemez
— phonograph record (LP)
Icelandic:
plata
— phonograph record (LP)
Indonesian:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Irish:
albam
— phonograph record (LP)
Italian:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Japanese:
アルバム
(arubamu)
— phonograph record (LP)
Kazakh:
альбом
(albom)
— phonograph record (LP)
Khmer:
អាល់ប៊ុម
(ʼalbum)
— phonograph record (LP)
Korean:
앨범
(aelbeom)
— phonograph record (LP)
Kyrgyz:
альбом
(albom)
— phonograph record (LP)
Macedonian:
албум
(album)
— phonograph record (LP)
Norwegian Bokmål:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Norwegian Nynorsk:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Iranian Persian:
آلْبوم
(âlbom)
— phonograph record (LP)
Polish:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Portuguese:
álbum
— phonograph record (LP)
Romanian:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Russian:
альбо́м
(alʹbóm)
— phonograph record (LP)
Serbo-Croatian:
а̀лбӯм
— phonograph record (LP)
Serbo-Croatian:
àlbūm
— phonograph record (LP)
Slovak:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Slovene:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Spanish:
álbum
— phonograph record (LP)
Swedish:
album
— phonograph record (LP)
Tajik:
албом
(albom)
— phonograph record (LP)
Thai:
อัลบั้ม
(al-bâm)
— phonograph record (LP)
Ukrainian:
альбо́м
(alʹbóm)
— phonograph record (LP)
Uzbek:
albom
— phonograph record (LP)
Welsh:
albwm
— phonograph record (LP)
Afrikaans:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Albanian:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Arabic:
أَلْبُوم
(ʔalbūm)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Armenian:
ալբոմ
(albom)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Azerbaijani:
albom
— group of audio recordings on any media
Belarusian:
альбо́м
(alʹbóm)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Bulgarian:
албу́м
(albúm)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Burmese:
အယ်လဘမ်
(aila.bham)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Burmese:
တေးစီးရီး
(te:ci:ri:)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Chinese Cantonese:
唱片
— group of audio recordings on any media
Chinese Cantonese:
專輯 /专辑
(zyun1 cap1)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Chinese Mandarin:
唱片
(chàngpiàn, chàngpiān)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Chinese Mandarin:
專輯 /专辑
(zhuānjí)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Chinese Mandarin:
專 /专
(zhuān)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Chinese Mandarin:
磚 /砖
(zhuān)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Czech:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Danish:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Dutch:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Finnish:
albumi
— group of audio recordings on any media
French:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Georgian:
ალბომი
(albomi)
— group of audio recordings on any media
German:
Album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Hebrew:
אָלְבּוּם
(álbum)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Hungarian:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Hungarian:
sorlemez
— group of audio recordings on any media
Indonesian:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Irish:
albam
— group of audio recordings on any media
Japanese:
アルバム
(arubamu)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Kazakh:
альбом
(albom)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Khmer:
អាល់ប៊ុម
(ʼalbum)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Korean:
앨범
(aelbeom)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Kyrgyz:
альбом
(albom)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Norwegian Bokmål:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Norwegian Nynorsk:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Iranian Persian:
آلْبوم
(âlbom)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Polish:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Portuguese:
álbum
— group of audio recordings on any media
Russian:
альбо́м
(alʹbóm)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Serbo-Croatian:
а̀лбӯм
— group of audio recordings on any media
Serbo-Croatian:
àlbūm
— group of audio recordings on any media
Slovak:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Slovene:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Spanish:
álbum
— group of audio recordings on any media
Swedish:
album
— group of audio recordings on any media
Tajik:
албом
(albom)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Thai:
อัลบั้ม
(al-bâm)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Ukrainian:
альбо́м
(alʹbóm)
— group of audio recordings on any media
Uzbek:
albom
— group of audio recordings on any media
Welsh:
albwm
— group of audio recordings on any media
