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aubade.

A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/əʊˈbɑːd/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈbæd/Received-Pronunciation/oʊˈbɑd/General-American
  1. A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.

  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.

    specifically
  3. A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.

Where this word comes from

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”).

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