Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable)A 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.

    Albino

    альбино́сalʹbinós, альбино́скаalʹbinóska

    a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom is an albino.

    Том — альбінос. — deniko

  2. I saw an albino squirrel today.

    ruСегодня я видел белку-альбиноса. — marafon

    deIch habe heute ein Albinoeichhörnchen gesehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Today I saw an albino squirrel.

    deIch hab heute ein Albino-Eichhörnchen gesehen. — Vortarulo

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  4. I think albino raccoons look strange.

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  5. Boldi believed that albino people were cursed.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one congenitally lacking melanin:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one congenitally lacking melanin:

Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino.

Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino.

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Forms

plural: albinos / albinoes
Singularalbino
Pluralalbinos / albinoes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
one lacking melanin:albinoidhypomelanoidamelanoid

Antonyms

3 antonyms
one having an excess of melanin:hypermelanoidmelanomelanoid

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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