aube

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aube (plural aubes)

  1. Obsolete form of alb.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[] Iohn Williams []], →OCLC:
      For washing eleven aubes and as many head-clothes

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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

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Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba.

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aube f (plural aubes)

  1. (religion) alb

Etymology 3

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

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aube f (plural aubes)

  1. (technology) paddle, blade
    Synonym: palette f
  2. vane (of windmill)
  3. small plank
    Synonym: planchette f

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Middle English

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aube

  1. Alternative form of awbe