aubade
au·bade/oʊˈbɑd/noun
aubade is spelled A-U-B-A-D-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (au·bade). It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, aubade means “A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of aubade is aubades.
How many letters and syllables are in aubade?
| Letters | 6: A-U-B-A-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: au·bade |
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is aubade?
Aubade appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce aubade?
- UK /əʊˈbɑːd/
- UK /-ˈbæd/
- US /oʊˈbɑd/
Aubade has 2 syllables, split au·bade in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aubade.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with aubade?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as aubade from its last stressed vowel (/ɑd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of aubade
- aubades plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aubade mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
- 2
A morning love song, or a song of lovers parting in the morning.
- 3
A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aubade in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aubade come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).