albumen
al·bu·men/ˈælbjʊmən/noun
albumen is spelled A-L-B-U-M-E-N: 7 letters and 3 syllables (al·bu·men). It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, albumen means “Synonym of egg white (“(uncountable) the clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of albumen is albumens or albumina.
How many letters and syllables are in albumen?
| Letters | 7: A-L-B-U-M-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: al·bu·men |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is albumen?
Albumen appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce albumen?
- UK /ˈælbjʊmɪn/
- UK /ælˈbjuːmɪn/
- US /ˈælbjʊmən/
Albumen has 3 syllables, split al·bu·men in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-albumen.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-albumen.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of albumen
- albumens plural
- albumina plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does albumen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of egg white (“(uncountable) the clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked; (countable) the white of a particular egg”).
Coordinate term: yolk
- 2
archaicA colourless, soluble protein found in blood plasma, egg white, etc.; albumin; (countable) chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: one form of such a protein.
- 3
archaicThe endosperm of seeds of most flowering plants, especially when found in mature seeds.
- 4
obsoleteSynonym of blood plasma (“the clear fluid portion of blood in which the blood cells are suspended”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Albumen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense synonym of egg white (cognates) – see also egg white:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does albumen come from?
Learned borrowing from Late Latin albūmen (“egg white, albumen; type of eye disease”) (whence Late Middle English albuminium (“clear fluid in the eyeball between the cornea and lens, aqueous humour”)), from Latin albus (“white”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”, adjective)) + -men (suffix forming nouns), modelled after ferrūmen (“cement; glue”). The plural form albumina is a learned borrowing from Late Latin albūmina.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).