aubade
[ oh-bad, oh-bahd; French oh-bad ]
noun,plural au·bades [oh-badz, oh-bahdz; French oh-bad]. /oʊˈbædz, oʊˈbɑdz; French oʊˈbad/. Music.
a piece sung or played outdoors at dawn, usually as a compliment to someone.
Origin of aubade
11670–80; <French, Middle French, equivalent to aube (<Provençal alba song about the parting of two lovers at dawn <Vulgar Latin, noun use of feminine of Latin albus white, clear) + -ade-ade1
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How to use aubade in a sentence
It is written in the key of the watch-songs of the German minnesingers and the aubades of Provençal troubadours.
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British Dictionary definitions for aubade
aubade
/ (French obad) /
noun
a song or poem appropriate to or greeting the dawn
a romantic or idyllic prelude or overture
Origin of aubade
1C19: from French, from Old Provençal aubada (unattested), from auba dawn, ultimately from Latin albus white
- Compare serenade
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