Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A song or instrumental composition concerning, accompanying, or evoking daybreak.
- noun A poem or song of or about lovers separating at dawn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In troubadour and similar music, a song or piece to be performed in the open air in the early morning, usually addressed to some special person; a musical announcement of dawn. See
serenade . - noun In modern music, a rarely used title for a short instrumental composition in lyric style.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
song orpoem greeting orevoking thedawn . - noun A
morning love song; a song of lovers parting in the morning.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Oh, guess what I found in my Dictionaire de la Langue Francaise when I looked up "aubade" - a song of the dawn?
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Oh, guess what I found in my Dictionaire de la Langue Francaise when I looked up "aubade" - a song of the dawn?
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The aubade is a poem about lovers parting in sorrow at dawn, and it’s a form dating back to the Elizabethan era, though I suspect this universal act of separation must have been commemorated in song long before then.
2007 October : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation - Part 2 2007
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The aubade is a poem about lovers parting in sorrow at dawn, and it’s a form dating back to the Elizabethan era, though I suspect this universal act of separation must have been commemorated in song long before then.
Wednesday Shout Out : Rigoberto González : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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The serenade, which the French call "aubade", was a gift from above ... as is freedom, as is love.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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The serenade, which the French call "aubade", was a gift from above ... as is freedom, as is love.
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Oh, and I also meant to mention that I believe "aubade" can mean a song to a bride on the morning of her wedding.
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The serenade, which the French call "aubade", was a gift from above... as is freedom, as is love.
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Oh, and I also meant to mention that I believe "aubade" can mean a song to a bride on the morning of her wedding.
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The serenade, which the French call "aubade", was a gift from above... as is freedom, as is love.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
misterpolly commented on the word aubade
Cf. serenade
December 28, 2007
reallifepixel commented on the word aubade
an aubade
August 18, 2009
jorge999 commented on the word aubade
aubade: a song or poem greeting the dawn.
(see Philip Larkin's extraordinary poem of the same name)
November 5, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word aubade
JM knows it's the early muso who gets the aubade!
January 30, 2011