au·bade ( -bäd )n. 1. A song or instrumental composition concerning, accompanying, or evoking daybreak. 2. A poem or song of or about lovers separating at dawn. [French, from Old French albade, from Old Provençal albada, from alba, dawn, aubade, from Latin, feminine of albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots.] |
aubade (French) [obad]
n
1. (Literature / Poetry) (Music, other) a song or poem appropriate to or greeting the dawn
2. (Music / Classical Music) a romantic or idyllic prelude or overture Compare serenade
[from French, from Old Provençal aubada (unattested), from auba dawn, ultimately from Latin albus white]
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