aube

See also: Aube

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːb/
• Rhymes: -ɔːb

Noun

aube (plural aubes)

1. Obsolete form of alb.
   • 1648, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest:

     For washing eleven aubes and as many head-clothes

References

• “aube”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Beau, beau

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob/

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• Homophone: aubes
• Hyphenation: aube
• Rhymes: -ob

Etymology 1

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

Noun

aube f (plural aubes)

1. dawn, sunrise, daybreak

   Synonyms: aurore, point du jour, lever du jour, lever du soleil

   Coordinate terms: crépuscule, coucher de soleil

2. beginning

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

   Synonym: palette f

2. vane (of windmill)
3. small plank

   Synonym: planchette f

Further reading

• “aube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• beau

Middle English

Noun

aube

1. Alternative form of awbe