album B1 Topic:Media & Publishing US /ˈælbəm/ UK /ˈælbəm/ See IPA manual Freq #3688 Meanings 1 noun A collection of songs released together by a musician. The band's new album sold a million copies in a week. 2 noun A book for keeping photographs, stamps, or other collected items. She showed us her old family photo album. Thesaurus Word family Forms albums Derived forms minialbummultialbumnonalbum Common collocations photograph album Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”). Topics Media & Publishing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # album **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈælbəm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈælbəm/ **Frequency rank:** 3688 ## Meanings 1. A collection of songs released together by a musician. 2. A book for keeping photographs, stamps, or other collected items. ## Examples - The band's new album sold a million copies in a week. - She showed us her old family photo album. ## Derived Forms - minialbum - multialbum - nonalbum ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”). ## AI Etymology Album is borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”). ## Topics - Media & Publishing markdown