albumen

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albumen

/ˈælbjʊmɪn/ UK
/ælˈbjuːmɪn/ UK, archaic
/ˈælbjʊmən/ US
/ælˈbjumən/ US
/ælˈbjuːmɪnə/ UK
/ælˈbjumənə/ US

Rhymes with -uːmɪn (archaic)

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Late Latin albūmen (“egg white, albumen; type of eye disease”) (whence Late Middle English albuminium (“clear fluid in the eyeball between the cornea and lens, aqueous humour”)), from Latin albus (“white”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”, adjective)) + -men (suffix forming nouns), modelled after ferrūmen (“cement; glue”).

The plural form albumina is a learned borrowing from Late Latin albūmina.

noun albumens · albumina

countable, uncountable Synonym of egg white (“(uncountable) the clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked; (countable) the white of a particular egg”). Coordinate term: yolk
Similar: glair, white, egg white
archaic, broadly, uncountable A colourless, soluble protein found in blood plasma, egg white, etc.; albumin; (countable) chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: one form of such a protein. The cheeſe, or caſeous part of milk, is formed into a maſs, and ſeparated from the other parts of the liquid, by the action of fire, by the acid fermentation of vvhich milk is liable, and by the intermixture of acids. This matter, vvhen vvell vvaſhed, is vvhite and ſolid, like the albumen of the blo
archaic, broadly, uncountable The endosperm of seeds of most flowering plants, especially when found in mature seeds. As all Seeds are ex Ovo [from an egg]; ſo there are many vvith thin Covers, as of Orach, Spinage, Beet, and the reſt of that Tribe, &c. vvhich beſides the Albumen or clear Liquor out of vvhich they are bred; […]
broadly, obsolete, uncountable Synonym of blood plasma (“the clear fluid portion of blood in which the blood cells are suspended”). [W]henever the bloud is quiet or ceaſes from motion, vvhether vvithin or vvithout the body of an Animal, the red and grumoſe part of it ſoon curdles, and is ſeparated from the ſeroſe or albumen; […]
Similar: blood plasma

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noun synonym of egg white (cognates) — see also egg white

Español	albumen
Português	albúmen
Français	albumen
Deutsch	Albumen
Italiano	albume
Română	albumen, albuș

noun endosperm of seeds of most flowering plants (cognates) — see also endosperm

Français	albumen

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@misc{albumen_2026,
  title = {albumen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/albumen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}