Definitions for album
ˈæl bəmal·bum

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. album, record albumnoun

   one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc

2. albumnoun

   a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. albumnoun

   A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.

   Etymology: From album, from albus.

2. albumnoun

   A jacket for a phonograph record; an album cover.

   Etymology: From album, from albus.

3. albumnoun

   A phonograph record.

   Etymology: From album, from albus.

4. albumnoun

   A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.

   Etymology: From album, from albus.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Albumnoun

   a white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc

   Etymology: [L., neut. of albus white: cf. F. album. Cf. Alb.]

2. Albumnoun

   a register for visitors' names; a visitors' book

   Etymology: [L., neut. of albus white: cf. F. album. Cf. Alb.]

3. Albumnoun

   a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc

   Etymology: [L., neut. of albus white: cf. F. album. Cf. Alb.]

Freebase(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Album

   An album is a book used for the collection and preservation of miscellaneous items such as photographs, postage stamps, newspaper clippings, visitors' comments, etc. The word later became widely used to describe a collection of audio recordings of pieces of music on a single gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. In musical usage the word was used for collections of short pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums. When long-playing records were introduced, a collection of pieces on a single record was called an album; the word was extended to other recording media such as compact disc, MiniDisc, Compact audio cassette, and digital or MP3 albums, as they were introduced. The word derives from a Classical Latin word for a blank tablet, later a list. Audio albums in physical form are often provided with decorative covers and liner notes and inserts about the music and recording, giving background information and analysis of the recording, lyrics and librettos, images of the performers, and other images and text. When supplied with compact discs they are known as CD booklets.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Album

   al′bum, n. among the Romans, a white tablet or register on which the prætor's edicts and such public notices were recorded: a blank book for the insertion of portraits, autographs, poetical extracts, memorial verses, postage-stamps, or the like.—adj. Al′bumē′an, and n. Al′bumess, whimsical coinages of Charles Lamb. [L. albus, white.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'album' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4226

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'album' in Nouns Frequency: #1512

How to pronounce album?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of album in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of album in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of album in a Sentence

1. Paul Anka:

   You write the way you feel, you’re looking at what’s happening in the world. You’re looking at relationships and it all starts to manifest itself… There [are] some strong social comments in there of what I felt… I’m really proud of this album, just by the mere fact that I’m still putting out things and songs and the way I feel.

2. Jim Kerr:

   Whenever people ask us about ... what can we expect from 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' we point them to the fact that we didn't even include it on the album (which) came out a few months later ... We thought it's a great track but it's part of a movie soundtrack and very much a thing on its own, even when they approached us to do it, we didn't fancy the idea of doing someone else's song as much as we made it Simple Minds' song.

3. Lil Nas ':

   One of the craziest things about' Panini,' is it introduced me to Nirvana's album' Nevermind,' it's like I always seen the cover but I never actually listened to it. And people was like,' Wow, he sampled' Nirvana.'' I was like, no. It's like, I didn't realize I was using almost the exact same melody.

4. Mariah Carey:

   This is a special event for me, and again, I have to hope that the fans will enjoy this cause I’m gonna be performing, which was kind of inspired by my album #1's, and this is now the updated version with 18 of them.

5. Miranda Lambert:

   Who wouldnt want to look like Marilyn Monroe? With the album being [called] Platinum,’ I got lighter in my hair because I wanted to pay homage to the title of the record.

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