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aube.

THE SHORT MEANING

Dawn; the break of day.

Light & space

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ob/
  1. dawn, sunrise, daybreak

    feminine
  2. beginning

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French albe, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).

noun/ob/
  1. alb

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba.

noun/ob/
  1. paddle, blade

    feminine
  2. vane (of windmill)

    feminine
  3. small plank

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Probably from Latin alapa (“blow, slap, smack”), of uncertain origin.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.