albata

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albata

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From Latin albata (“whitened”), the past participle of albāre (“to whiten”), from albus (“white”) + -āre (suffix forming verbs).

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uncountable A white alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, once used to make cheap cutlery etc
Similar: German silver

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@misc{albata_2026,
  title = {albata},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/albata},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}