Aubade
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əʊˈbɑːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aubade is a noun meaning (music, poetry) A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
Meaning
(music, poetry) A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
More Meanings
- (music) A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.
Example Sentences
Alladad Khan woke to the far crying of kampong cocks in the dark. That noise had been the farmyard aubade in the Punjab in his dream.
And there he lingered till the crowing cock, / The Alectryon of the farmyard and the flock, / Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear, / To tell the sleeping world that dawn was near.
Word Forms
- aubades
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dawning, dayrise, threnody, dawn, daybeam, day-dawn.
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