Albertine

American  

[al-ber-teen, al-ber-teen, ahl-ber-tee-nuh] / ˈæl bərˌtin, al bɛrˈtin, ˌɑl bɛrˈti nə /

Also Albertina

noun

1. a first name: derived from Albert.

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Example Sentences

Scanning my bookcase, which contains a few hundred volumes, it occurred to me that none of them would make sense if Sister Albertine hadn’t grown me into a reader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Synopsis: This new festival, a collaboration between D.C.’s best-known independent film festival and the French cultural organization Villa Albertine, launched five screenings in early January and will continue through next month.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

I too still wept when I became once again for a moment the former friend of Albertine.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2022

But at Albertine Books on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, her appearance Monday night felt less like an introduction than a gathering of old friends, French and American alike.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022

Down the aisle came Albertine Winchell, another girl about Tansy’s age.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck