aune

See also: Aune, auné, and aúne

English

Etymology

From French. See alnage.

Noun

aune (plural aunes)

1. An old French cloth measure, varying around the country, but at Paris equivalent to 0.95 of an English ell.

Anagrams

• Euan, Euna

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /on/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French aune, from Old French alne, from Vulgar Latin *alina, from a Germanic language, probably Frankish *alina, from Proto-Germanic *alinō. Cognate with Old High German elina, Old English eln, Old Norse alin, ǫln, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina), and Latin ulna. More at ell.

Noun

aune f (plural aunes)

1. (historical, unit of length) ell
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Puis il la rappela, pour lui montrer trois aunes de guipure qu'il avait trouvées dernièrement «dans une vendue».

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (by extension) measuring rod of one ell
3. (figuratively) yardstick (standard to which other comparisons are judged)

Derived terms

• à l'aune de

Verb

aune

1. inflection of auner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Noun

aune m (plural aunes)

1. alternative spelling of aulne (“alder”)

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

aune

1. alternative form of awne

Norman

Etymology

From Latin alnus.

Noun

aune m (plural aunes)

1. (Jersey) alder