AUBADE


Meaning of AUBADE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ō-ˈbäd ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan aubada, from alba, auba dawn, from Vulgar Latin * alba, from Latin, feminine of albus white — more at alb

Date: circa 1678

1. : a song or poem greeting the dawn

2.

a. : a morning love song

b. : a song or poem of lovers parting at dawn

3. : morning music — compare nocturne

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.