English Explanatory Dictionary

aubade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
  2. A morning love song, or a song of lovers parting in the morning.
  3. A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.

Pronunciation

/əʊˈbɑːd/ /-ˈbæd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aubade.wav /oʊˈbɑd/

Word forms

aubade aubades

Etymology

PIE word *albʰós Borrowed from French aubade, from Old French albade, from Old Spanish albada (“musical or poetic composition to be performed in the morning”), from alba (“dawn”), from Vulgar Latin *alba (“dawn; sunrise”), from Latin albus (“bright, clear; white”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”).

Related words

alba Tagelied

Translations

Breton: beuregan Bulgarian: алборада Chinese Mandarin: 晨歌 Czech: aubade Dutch: aubade Esperanto: aŭbado Finnish: aamuruno Finnish: aamulaulu French: aubade Galician: alborada German: Aubade Indonesian: aubadê Italian: aubade Japanese: オーバード Norwegian Bokmål: aubade Romanian: aubadă Russian: обада Russian: альборада Spanish: albada Spanish: alborada Swedish: aubade Ukrainian: альборада
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