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aubade

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/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

Topics: communications, entertainment, journalism, lifestyle, literature, media, music, poetry, publishing, writing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: specifically

Topics: communications, entertainment, journalism, lifestyle, literature, media, music, poetry, publishing, writing

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