Dictionary

aubade en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əʊˈbɑːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /-ˈbæd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /oʊˈbɑd/ (General-American)

Etymology

PIE word *albʰós Borrowed from French aubade, from Old French albade, from Old Spanish albada (“musical or poetic composition to be performed in the morning”), from alba (“dawn”), from Vulgar Latin *alba (“dawn; sunrise”), from Latin albus (“bright, clear; white”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”).

Meanings

1. A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
   • Alladad Khan woke to the far crying of kampong cocks in the dark. That noise had been the farmyard aubade in the Punjab in his dream. 1956, Anthony Burgess, chapter 11, in Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), London: William Heinemann, published 1968, →ISBN, page 155:
   • And there he lingered till the crowing cock, / The Alectryon of the farmyard and the flock, / Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear, / To tell the sleeping world that dawn was near. 1873 August, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[I. Tales of a Wayside Inn.] The Student’s Tale. Emma and Eginhard.”, in Aftermath, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 27:
2. (specifically) A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning. ▸ A morning love song, or a song of lovers parting in the morning.
3. A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.

Forms

Coordinates

serenade · nocturne · nocturne · serenade

Relateds

alba · Tagelied

Translations (32)

cs aubade (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · es alborada (morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning) · nb aubade (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · id aubadê (morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning) · id aubadê (concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors) · gl alborada (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · nl aubade (concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors) · de Aubade (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · fi aamukonsertti (concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors) · nl aubade (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · fr aubade (morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning) · cmn 晨歌 (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · br beuregan (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · es albada (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · ro aubadă (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · nl aubade (morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning) · ru обада (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · fi aamuruno (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · ja オーバード (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · uk альборада (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · eo aŭbado (morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning) · fr aubade (concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors) · sv aubade (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · it aubade (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · id aubadê (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · fi aamun rakkauslaulu (morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning) · fi aamulaulu (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · eo aŭbado (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · es alborada (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · fr aubade (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · bg алборада (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning) · ru альборада (poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning)

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