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See also: Albie
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of false albacore + -ie.
Noun[edit]
albie (plural albies)
- (colloquial) A false albacore.
- 2021, Corey Pollnow, “How to Catch Albies”, in On The Water[1]:
- A pelagic fish, albies have streamlined bodies, and are built to attack prey in short bursts of speed.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Euthynnus alletteratus):, little tunny, false albacore, little tuna
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Vulgar Latin alvea or albea, from Latin alveus (“channel or bed of a river”). Alternatively, formed as a new singular from the plural of an original Romanian masculine form *albiu.[1] Compare Lombard albio, Venetian albio, albi, Tarantino albi, Piedmontese arbi, French auge.
Noun[edit]
albie f (plural albii)
Declension[edit]
Declension of albie
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- English clippings
- English terms suffixed with -ie
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English colloquialisms
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- Romanian terms inherited from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
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