autograph album
- noun
- /ˈɔːtəˌɡræf ˈælbəm/
:
álbum de autógrafos
- As a gift, she received an autograph album to collect signatures from her favorite athletes.
Examples
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His mother's elementary school autograph album, June 1928, in her handwriting.
Fiction book (2000) -
During the concert, she asked the singer to sign her autograph album.
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He proudly displayed his autograph album filled with signatures from famous actors.
Synonyms
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1.9
A book with blank pages and pockets for keeping photographs or stamps
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2.1
A book where you keep photos, ticket stubs, and other items that remind you of events
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'autograph' (a signature) with 'album' (a bound book for keeping items), so its meaning 'a book for collecting signatures' is directly and transparently derivable from the constituents. This simple noun+noun composition is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Autograph album The noun autograph album comes from the practice of collecting a person's autograph, their handwritten 'signature', in a small album of blank pages. People used these books to keep signed messages from friends or famous people, so today it means a book for saving 'signatures' and memories.