aune

See also: Aune, auné, and aúne

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /on/

Etymology 1

From Middle French aune, from Old French alne, from Vulgar Latin *alina, from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  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
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. first-person singular present indicative of auner
2. third-person singular present indicative of auner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of auner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of auner
5. second-person singular imperative of auner

Etymology 2

Noun

aune m (plural aunes)

1. Alternative spelling of aulne

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin alnus.

Noun

aune m (plural aunes)

1. (Jersey) alder