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al·bum
(ăl′bəm)n.
1.
a. A book with blank pages for the insertion and preservation of collections, as of stamps or photographs.
b. A collection of personal photographs or other images that are arranged for private viewing, as in book or on a computer.
2.
a. A set of musical recordings that are issued together, usually by a single artist.
b. A phonograph record, especially a long-playing record stored in a slipcase.
3. A printed collection of musical compositions, pictures, or literary selections.
4. A tall, handsomely printed book, popular especially in the 19th century, often having profuse illustrations and short, sentimental texts.
album
(ˈælbəm)n
1. a book or binder consisting of blank pages, pockets, or envelopes for keeping photographs, stamps, autographs, drawings, poems, etc
2. (Pop Music) a collection of recordings released as a single item
3. (Classical Music) a booklike holder containing sleeves for gramophone records
4. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) chiefly Brit an anthology, usually large and illustrated
[C17: from Latin: blank tablet, from albus white]
al•bum
(ˈæl bəm)n.
1. a bound or loose-leaf book consisting of blank pages, envelopes, etc., for storing or displaying photographs, stamps, or the like, or for collecting autographs.
2. a recording or set of recordings containing musical selections, a complete play or opera, etc., released on compact disc, phonograph record, cassette tape, or other medium.
3. the package or container for such an album.
4. an anthology of artwork, songs, writings, etc.
[1610–15; < Latin: neuter singular of albus white, i.e., a blank (tablet) painted white for writing on]
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| Noun | 1. |  album - 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 discmedium - a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information concept album - an album whose recordings are unified by some theme (instrumental or lyrical or narrative or compositional) |
| 2. |  album - a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etcautograph album - an album for autographs book, volume - physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" phonograph album, record album - an album for holding phonograph records photograph album - an album for photographs scrapbook - an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted stamp album - an album for stamps |
album
noun
1. record, recording, CD, single, release, disc, waxing (informal), LP, vinyl, EP, forty-five, platter (U.S. slang), seventy-eight, gramophone record, black disc He has a large collection of albums and cassettes.
2. book, collection, scrapbook She showed me her photo album.
Translations
أَلْبُومألبوم غِنَائِيمُجَلَّد لِحِفْظ الصُّوَر
albumalbum LP desek
albumCD-album
albumi
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albúmbreiîskífa
アルバム
앨범
albumasplokštelė
albumsilgspēlējoša skaņuplateskaņuplašu komplekts
albumalbum LP platní
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ชุดแผ่นเสียง
albümuzunçalar
album
album
[ˈælbəm]album
[ˈælbəm] n (= book) (for stamps, photos etc) → album m photo album
(= record) → album m
The band has brought out a new album → Le groupe a sorti un nouvel album. album chartalbum chart n → classement m des meilleures ventes d'albumsalbum cover n → pochette f (de disque)
The band has brought out a new album → Le groupe a sorti un nouvel album. album chartalbum chart n → classement m des meilleures ventes d'albumsalbum cover n → pochette f (de disque)
album
n → Album nt
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[ˈælbəm] n → album m inv; (L.P.) → 33 giri m inv, L.P. m invphotograph album (containing photos) → album di or delle fotografie (new) → album per fotografie
album
(ˈӕlbəm) noun1. a book with blank pages for holding photographs, stamps etc.
2. a long-playing gramophone record. I haven't got the group's latest album.