aubade
English edit
Etymology edit
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*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”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊˈbɑːd/, /-ˈbæd/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈbɑd/
- Rhymes: -ɑːd, -æd
- Hyphenation: au‧bade
Noun edit
aubade (plural aubades)
- (music, poetry) A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
- 1873 August, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[I. Tales of a Wayside Inn.] The Student’s Tale. Emma and Eginhard.”, in Aftermath, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 27:
- And there he lingered till the crowing cock, / The Alectryon of the farmyard and the flock, / Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear, / To tell the sleeping world that dawn was near.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, chapter 11, in Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), London: William Heinemann, published 1968, →ISBN, page 155:
- Alladad Khan woke to the far crying of kampong cocks in the dark. That noise had been the farmyard aubade in the Punjab in his dream.
- (music) A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.
Coordinate terms edit
Translations edit
poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
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morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors
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References edit
- ^ Compare “aubade, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021; “aubade, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French aubade, from Middle French aubade, from Old Occitan aubada.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aubade f (plural aubades)
- A song or musical performance to honour someone, performed in the morning.
- (uncommon, chiefly historical) An aubade, a morning love song.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: aubade
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French albade.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aubade f (plural aubades)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “aubade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch aubade, from French aubade, from Old French albade.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aubadê (first-person possessive aubadeku, second-person possessive aubademu, third-person possessive aubadenya)
- aubade:
- a song or poem greeting or evoking the dawn.
- a morning love song; a song of lovers parting in the morning.
- a song or musical performance to honour someone, performed in the morning.
Further reading edit
- “aubade” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.