albar

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Venetan àlbaro, from Latin arbor.

Noun

albar m

1. (Luserna) tree

   Synonym: puam

References

• “albar” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician albo

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Galician -ar

Galician albar

From albo + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈβaɾ/

Adjective

albar m or f (plural albares)

1. somewhat whitish

   Synonym: albariño

2. early; which ripens or flowers early on

   Synonym: albarengo

Derived terms

• Albaredo
• Albaredos
• Albarido
• Albariño
• albariño
• carballo albar
• espiño albar
• estripo albar
• toxo albar
• uz albar

Related terms

• albarazo
• albarello
• albeiro

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “albar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “albar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “albar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “albar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From albo + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈbaɾ/ [alˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧bar

Noun

albar m (plural albares)

1. wild cherry, Prunus avium
2. silver birch, Betula pendula
3. Portuguese oak, Quercus faginea
4. sessile oak, Quercus petraea
5. gorse, common gorse, Ulex europaeus

Derived terms

• espino albar
• roble albar
• sabina albar

Further reading

• “albar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025