aube

See also: Aube

English

Noun

aube (plural aubes)

1. Obsolete form of alb.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for aube in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• Beau, beau

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob/

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• Homophone: aubes
• Hyphenation: aube

Etymology 1

From Old French albe, from Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

Noun

aube f (plural aubes)

1. dawn, sunrise, daybreak
2. beginning

Synonyms

• aurore f

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba.

Noun

aube f (plural aubes)

1. (religion) alb

Etymology 3

Probably from Latin alapa (“blow, slap, smack”), of uncertain origin.

Noun

aube f (plural aubes)

1. (technology) paddle, blade
2. vane (of windmill)
3. small plank

Synonyms

• (paddle): palette f
• (plank): planchette f

Anagrams

• beau

Further reading

• “aube” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).