Meanings
plural aubades
- communicationsA 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 1551 more example
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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*albʰós“white”
- Latinalbus“bright, clear; white”
- Vulgar Latin*alba“dawn; sunrise”
- Old Spanishalbada“musical or poetic composition to be performed in the morning”
- Old Frenchalbade
- Frenchaubade
- Englishaubade
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian алборада
- алборада (alborada)poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Chinese Mandarin 晨歌
- 晨歌 (chéngē)poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Czech aubade
- aubadepoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Dutch aubade, aubade
- aubademorning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
- aubadeconcert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors
- aubadepoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Esperanto aŭbado, aŭbado
- aŭbadomorning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
- aŭbadopoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Finnish aamun rakkauslaulu, aamukonsertti
- aamun rakkauslaulumorning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
- aamukonsertticoncert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors
- aamurunopoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
- aamulaulupoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
French aubade, aubade
- aubademorning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
- aubadeconcert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors
- aubadepoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
German Aubade
- Aubadepoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Indonesian aubadê, aubadê
- aubadêmorning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
- aubadêconcert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors
- aubadêpoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Italian aubade
- aubadepoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Japanese オーバード
- オーバードpoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Norwegian Bokmål aubade
- aubadepoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Romanian aubadă
- aubadăpoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Russian обада, альборада
- обада (obada)poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
- альборада (alʹborada)poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Spanish alborada, albada
- alboradamorning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
- albadapoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
- alboradapoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Swedish aubade
- aubadepoem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Ukrainian альборада
- альборада (alʹborada)poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with aubade
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Cite this entry
aubade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aubade
“aubade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aubade. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aubade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aubade.
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