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aube

/ob/

noun, feminine/ob/plural: aubes

dawn, sunrise, daybreak; beginning

Synonyms: aurore, point du jour, lever du jour, lever du soleil

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

noun, feminine/ob/plural: aubes

alb

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba.

noun, feminine/ob/plural: aubes

paddle, blade; vane (of windmill); small plank

Synonyms: palette, planchette

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