albescente

Latin

Etymology 1

Participle

albēscente

ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of albēscēns

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of albēscente caelō/diē (ablative absolute, literally “at the sky/day(light) starting to become white”). Attested in the Peregrinatio Etheriae.

Adverb

albēscente (not comparable)

(Late Latin, hapax) at the break of day
Synonyms: (Classical Latin) māne, prīmō dīlūculō, prīmā lūce, sōle oriente

Antonym: (Late Latin) vesperāscente

References

“albēsco” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albēscentis, albēscēns, present participle of albēscō (“to become white”), from albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.beˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.beˈsẽ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.beˈsẽ.te/ [aʊ̯.beˈsẽ.te]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /al.bɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/ [aɫ.βɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ], /al.bɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/ [aɫ.βɨˈʃẽ.tɨ]

Adjective

albescente m or f (plural albescentes)

(rare) albescent (becoming white; whitish)
Synonym: albicante