Meanings
- historicalIn Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
- A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
In his free time, he used to open his album and add new pictures to it.
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Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18Synonyms: scrapbook
- A collection, especially of literary items.
This mixture was to be effected either by drawing the juries partly from the senate (of about 300 members), partly from an album of 300 equites (Plut. CG 5.2, Comp. 2.1), or by adlecting 600 equites into the senate and drawing the juries from this new senatorial order (Liv. Per. 60).
1965, American Philological Association, Transactions and Proceedings (Press of Case Western Reserve University), volume 96, page 364 - A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
Synonyms: disk, disc, LP, long-playing
- A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
- A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
He has released 8 albums so far.
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When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with.
2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV ClubHis albums are very popular on Spotify.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
nounA phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
More synonyms by meaning
nounone 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*albʰós
- Proto-Italic*alβos
- Latinalbus
- Latinalbum
- Englishalbum
Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Ancient Greek λεύκωμᾰ
- λεύκωμᾰ (leúkōmă)white tablet used in Ancient Rome
Arabic أَلْبُوم, أَلْبُوم
- أَلْبُوم (ʔalbūm)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- أَلْبُوم (albūm)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- أَلْبُوم (ʔalbūm)phonograph record (LP)
- أَلْبُوم (ʔalbūm)group of audio recordings on any media
Bengali অ্যালবাম
- অ্যালবাম (êlbam)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Bulgarian албу́м, албу́м
- албу́м (albúm)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- албу́м (albúm)phonograph record (LP)
- албу́м (albúm)group of audio recordings on any media
Chinese Cantonese 唱片, 唱片
- 唱片phonograph record (LP)
- 唱片group of audio recordings on any media
- 專輯 /专辑 (zyun¹ cap¹)group of audio recordings on any media
Chinese Mandarin 册子, 影集
- 册子 (cèzi)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- 影集 (yǐngjí)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- 畫冊 /画册 (huàcè)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- 集郵冊 /集邮册 (jíyóucè)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- 唱片 (chàngpiàn, chàngpiān)phonograph record (LP)
- 唱片 (chàngpiàn, chàngpiān)group of audio recordings on any media
- 專輯 /专辑 (zhuānjí)group of audio recordings on any media
- 專 /专 (zhuān)group of audio recordings on any media
- 磚 /砖 (zhuān)group of audio recordings on any media
Czech album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Danish album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Dutch album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Esperanto albumo, albumo
- albumobook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumophonograph record (LP)
Estonian album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Finnish albumi, valokuva-albumi
- albumibook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- valokuva-albumibook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumiphonograph record (LP)
- albumigroup of audio recordings on any media
French album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
German Album, Album
- Albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- Albumphonograph record (LP)
- Albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Greek άλμπουμ, άλμπουμ
- άλμπουμ (álmpoum)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- άλμπουμ (álmpoum)phonograph record (LP)
Hebrew אָלְבּוּם, אָלְבּוּם
- אָלְבּוּם (álbum)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- אָלְבּוּם (álbum)phonograph record (LP)
- אָלְבּוּם (álbum)group of audio recordings on any media
Hindi अलबम, अल्बम
- अलबम (albam)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- अल्बम (albam)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- एल्बम (elbam)phonograph record (LP)
Hungarian album, lemez
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- lemezphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
- sorlemezgroup of audio recordings on any media
Icelandic albúm, plata
- albúmbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- plataphonograph record (LP)
Indonesian album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Iranian Persian آلْبوم, آلْبوم
- آلْبوم (âlbom)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- آلْبوم (âlbom)phonograph record (LP)
- آلْبوم (âlbom)group of audio recordings on any media
Irish albam, albam
- albambook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albamphonograph record (LP)
- albamgroup of audio recordings on any media
Italian album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
Japanese アルバム, 写真帖
- アルバム (arubamu)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- 写真帖 (shashinchō)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- アルバム (arubamu)phonograph record (LP)
- アルバム (arubamu)group of audio recordings on any media
Korean 앨범, 사진첩
- 앨범 (aelbeom)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- 사진첩 (sajincheop)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- 앨범 (aelbeom)phonograph record (LP)
- 앨범 (aelbeom)group of audio recordings on any media
Latin album
- albumwhite tablet used in Ancient Rome
Latvian albums
- albumsbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Lithuanian albumas
- albumasbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Malay album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Māori pukaemi
- pukaemibook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Norwegian Bokmål album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Polish album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Portuguese álbum, álbum
- álbumwhite tablet used in Ancient Rome
- álbumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- álbumphonograph record (LP)
- álbumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Romanian album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
Russian альбо́м, альбо́м
- альбо́м (alʹbóm)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- альбо́м (alʹbóm)phonograph record (LP)
- альбо́м (alʹbóm)group of audio recordings on any media
Slovak album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Spanish álbum, álbum
- álbumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- álbumphonograph record (LP)
- álbumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Swedish album, album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albumphonograph record (LP)
- albumgroup of audio recordings on any media
Tagalog album
- albumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Thai อัลบั้ม, อัลบั้ม
- อัลบั้ม (al-bâm)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- อัลบั้ม (al-bâm)phonograph record (LP)
- อัลบั้ม (al-bâm)group of audio recordings on any media
Turkish albüm
- albümbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Ukrainian альбо́м, альбо́м
- альбо́м (alʹbóm)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- альбо́м (alʹbóm)phonograph record (LP)
- альбо́м (alʹbóm)group of audio recordings on any media
Urdu اَلْبَم
- اَلْبَم (albam)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Vietnamese an bom, an bum
- an bombook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- an bumbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Welsh albwm, albwm
- albwmbook for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- albwmphonograph record (LP)
- albwmgroup of audio recordings on any media
Yiddish אַלבום, אַלבאָם
- אַלבום (album)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
- אַלבאָם (albom)book for photographs, stamps, or autographs
Cite this entry
album. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/album
“album.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/album. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “album,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/album.
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