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Added 9 October 2026

album

/ˈælbəm/ noun

In Latin: album Wiktionary

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In 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.
A collection, especially of literary items.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”).

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