How to pronounce aubade
American English pronunciation
oh-BAHD
- IPA
- /oʊˈbɑd/
- Syllables
- oh · BAHD (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What aubade means
A poem or song about dawn
In a sentence: The poet wrote an aubade about the first pink light over the hills.
Where it comes from: Borrowed from French. It's built on a word for dawn, which comes from a word meaning "white."
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