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Meaning of "albescent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALBESCENT

From Latin albēscere to grow white, from albus white.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ALBESCENT

albescent  [ælˈbɛsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALBESCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Albescent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ALBESCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of albescent in the English dictionary

The definition of albescent in the dictionary is shading into, growing, or becoming white.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALBESCENT


adolescent
ˌædəˈlɛsənt
antidepressant
ˌæntɪdɪˈprɛsənt
crescent
ˈkrɛsənt
depressant
dɪˈprɛsənt
effervescent
ˌɛfəˈvɛsənt
fluorescent
ˌflʊəˈrɛsənt
incandescent
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənt
incessant
ɪnˈsɛsənt
iridescent
ˌɪrɪˈdɛsənt
obsolescent
ˌɒbsəˈlɛsənt
pearlescent
pɜːˈlɛsənt
postpubescent
ˌpəʊstpjuːˈbɛsənt
prepubescent
ˌpriːpjuːˈbɛsənt
pubescent
pjuːˈbɛsənt
quiescent
kwɪˈɛsənt
rubescent
ruːˈbɛsənt
senescent
sɪˈnɛsənt
suppressant
səˈprɛsənt
tabescent
təˈbɛsənt
tumescent
tjuːˈmɛsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALBESCENT

albedo
Albee
albeit
Albemarle Sound
albergo
Alberich
Albers
albert
Albert Edward
Albert I
Albert II
Alberta
Alberta clipper
Albertan
Alberti
albertite
Albertus Magnus
albescence
Albi
albicore

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALBESCENT

acquiescent
ascent
chemiluminescent
coalescent
convalescent
descent
evanescent
Fertile Crescent
florescent
intumescent
line of descent
luminescent
nascent
opalescent
photoluminescent
preadolescent
recent
Red Crescent
reminiscent
scent
the crescent

Synonyms and antonyms of albescent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «albescent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALBESCENT

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Translator English - Chinese

返白
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

albescent
570 millions of speakers

English

albescent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फीका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

albescent
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беловатых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esbranquiçado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

albescent
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

albescent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Albescent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

albescent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

albescent
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

albescent
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Albescent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hóa trắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

albescent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अल्बिसेंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beyazlaşan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

albescent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

albescent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

білуватих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alburiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

albescent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbleekt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

albescent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

albescent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of albescent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALBESCENT»

The term «albescent» is used very little and occupies the 154.483 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALBESCENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about albescent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALBESCENT»

Discover the use of albescent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to albescent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biochemical, Genetic, and Cytogenetic Studies of Stokesia ...
Blue × Albescent. Previous work demonstrated that blue, lavender, and violet flowers (containing wild-type levels of petunidin - this work) were dominant in the F1 generation to mutants with pale yellow, albescent, and pale pink flowers ...
Jessica Gaus Barb, 2008
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Rigid Designation and Theoretical Identities
There is no need, of course, for the sake of establishing the necessity of '(x)(x is white E x is albescent)', to establish that white, albescent objects are essentially white or albescent: this is fortunate, since white, albescent objects are not ...
Joseph LaPorte, 2013
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A Natural History Of Fossils
Marmor albescent. This marble is semi-transparent, of a cream-white colour, with a very flight reddish cast, it is of a course granulated texture, the particles are irregular, very bright, glittering, and transparent, and cohere but slightly ; it is heavy, ...
Emanuel Mendes da Costa, 1757
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
See LATE, para 4. alb; '2 Alban, alban; albescent; albino; ? Albion; albugo; album ; albumen, albumin—albuminous; aubade. 1. The base is L albus (s alb-), white, akin to Gr alphas (s alph~), a white leprosy, and alphiton, barley flour, and ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
... and in some but slightly developed even upon the nape and shoulders : whiskers long and black; and slight albescent pencils to the ears, more or less developed. Common in the Tenasserim provmces. Five picked specimens, presented by ...
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Journal
General colour greyish-brown, beneath paler and albescent, a faint rufous tinge on the breast, and no trace of yellowish on the lower tail-coverts, nor elsewhere than as described.* Ph. viridanus, Nobis ; Phyllopneuste rufa, apud nos, XI, 191. f  ...
Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1843
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The Dimwit's Dictionary: More Than 5,000 Overused Words and ...
2. achromatic; alabaster-white; albescent; bleached; chalky; colorless; ivory; milkwhite; milky; niveous; pearly; pearlywhite; snow-white; snowy; uncolored; whitish. He tells me that the Dictator was receiving all this in silence, but that he was as ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006
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Journal of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University ...
Table XXIV. The occurrence of albescent-enhanced mutation. The segregation was monogenic, the deficit in the recessive segregates being due to their low viability. In crossing albescent-enhanced with normal, the Ft normal gave F2 as ...
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Transactions of the Zoological Society of London
The whole of the wing-feathers are brown edged with albescent. The first primary conspicuously edged with greyish albescent, as in C. richardi and C. rufula. Between the base of the bill and the eye is a bald patch of albescent feathers, which ...
10
General Zoology: pt. 1. Aves.- v. 14, pt. 2. General index
ALBESCENT EAGLE. Falco albescens. F. albescens subcristatus, supra fusco; flavescente 'uari'lzs, cauda nigra albofasciata. Whitish subcristated Eagle, varied above with yellowish brown, with black tail barred with white. Le Blanchard.
George Shaw, James Francis Stephens, 1809

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALBESCENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term albescent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Interior designer embraces the fog with soft and serene palette
The living room uses Benjamin Moore's Albescent (OC-40) on the walls, trim and mantel; Benjamin Moore's Gibraltar Cliffs (1587) on the ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 15»
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Video Rewind: The Smiths' Third Performance Ever
Tapping “Miserable Lie”, The Smiths' front man – donning a billowy albescent cardigan tucked into tight black trousers- runs a hand through his ... «Consequence of Sound, Oct 13»
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Kinoteka 2013: 'Rose' review
As a tender romance threatens to blossom between the stoic soldier and evermore albescent Róza, her health deteriorates dramatically due to the miscarriage ... «Cine-Vue, Mar 13»

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