Albino

English

Etymology

From Latin albus/alba via Portuguese albino, "whitish".

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ælˈbiːnəʊ/
• (US) IPA: /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/

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Adjective

Albino (not comparable)

1. congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism

Synonyms

• (lacking melanin): albinal, albinic, albinistic, albinoid, hypomelanistic, hypomelanoid, amelanistic, amelanoid

Antonyms

• (having an excess of melanin): hypermelanistic, hypermelanoid, melanistic, melanoid

See also

• (lacking pigment): hypopigmented
• (having an excess of pigment): hyperpigmented

Noun

Albino (plural albinos or albinoes)

1. (countable) person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism

Synonyms

• (one lacking melanin): albinoid, hypomelanoid, amelanoid

Antonyms

• (one having an excess of melanin): hypermelanoid, melano, melanoid

Thesaurus

achroma; achromasia; achromatosis; albescence; albinal; albinic; albinism; albinistic; albinoism; blondness; canescence; chalkiness; creaminess; fairness; frostiness; glaucescence; glaucousness; grizzliness; hoariness; lactescence; leukoderma; lightness; milkiness; paleness; pearliness; silver; silveriness; snowiness; vitiligo; white; white race; whiteness; whitishness