Aubade Definition
ō-bäd
noun
A song or instrumental composition concerning, accompanying, or evoking daybreak.
American Heritage
A piece of music composed for performance in the morning.
Webster's New World
A poem or song of or about lovers separating at dawn.
American Heritage
A lyric love poem about or suitable for dawn.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Aubade
Noun
Singular:
aubade
Plural:
aubadesOrigin of Aubade
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French from Old French albade from Old Provençal albada from alba dawn, aubade from Latin feminine of albus white albho- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Borrowing from French, from Old French albade, from Latin albus (“white”).
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