noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/əʊˈbɑːd/
Received-Pronunciation:/-ˈbæd/
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General-American:/oʊˈbɑd/
rhymes with -ɑːd
rhymes with -æd
1
noun
Meaning 1
A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Breton:
beuregan
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Bulgarian:
алборада
(alborada)
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Chinese Mandarin:
晨歌
(chéngē)
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Czech:
aubade
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Dutch:
aubade
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Esperanto:
aŭbado
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Finnish:
aamuruno
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Finnish:
aamulaulu
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
French:
aubade
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Galician:
alborada
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
German:
Aubade
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Indonesian:
aubadê
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Italian:
aubade
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Japanese:
オーバード
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Norwegian Bokmål:
aubade
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Romanian:
aubadă
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Russian:
обада
(obada)
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Russian:
альборада
(alʹborada)
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Spanish:
albada
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Spanish:
alborada
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Swedish:
aubade
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Ukrainian:
альборада
(alʹborada)
— poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning
Dutch:
aubade
— morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
Esperanto:
aŭbado
— morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
Finnish:
aamun rakkauslaulu
— morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
French:
aubade
— morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
Indonesian:
aubadê
— morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
Spanish:
alborada
— morning love song; song of lovers parting in the morning
Dutch:
aubade
— concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors
Finnish:
aamukonsertti
— concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors
French:
aubade
— concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors
Indonesian:
aubadê
— concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors