aubain
French, noun/o.bɛ̃/
aubain is spelled A-U-B-A-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aubain is a French masculine noun meaning “a foreigner who was not naturalised, and who had few rights” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étranger qui n’était pas naturalisé, et qui était privé du droit de tester et d’hériter”.
What does aubain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea foreigner who was not naturalised, and who had few rights
- 2
Canadamasculinea foreigner or alien
adjective
- 1
rarewhite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étranger qui n’était pas naturalisé, et qui était privé du droit de tester et d’hériter. 2. Étranger.
adjective: 1. Blanc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aubain
- aubains plural
- aubaine feminine
- aubaines feminine plural
- aubin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aubain?
- /o.bɛ̃/
- \o.bɛ̃\
- \o.bɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aubain in French?
aubain appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).