Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frankish*harjabergu
- Old Occitanalberga“camp, hut”
- Frenchauberge
- Englishauberge
Borrowed from French auberge. The term is attested in the fifteenth century as auberge, a loan from a term attested in eleventh century Old Occitan alberga (“camp, hut”), derived from albergar (“to host”). The term originated in Frankish *harjabergu, composed of the elements *harjaz (“army”) (compare German Heer) and *berganą (“to shelter, to protect”), whence German bergen. Doublet of albergo and harbor.
More words from French, Old Occitan, Frankish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian albergo
- albergoauberge
Polish oberża
- oberżaauberge
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
auberge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auberge
“auberge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auberge. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “auberge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auberge.
Source: auberge on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.