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aube

/ɔːb/

aube is the obsolete form of alb.

Meaning of alb

Noun

alb (plural albs)

  1. (chiefly Anglicanism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.
    • ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 131
    Synonyms:
    alba

See all 2 meanings of alb

Proper noun capitalized: Aube

IPA/oʊb/

Aube

  1. A department of Grand Est, France (INSEE code 10).
  2. A right tributary of the Seine in the departments of Haute-Marne, Côte-d'Or, Aube and Marne in northeastern France.

Forms of aube

pluralaubes

Origin of aube

From French Aube.

Words that rhyme with aube

Questions about aube

What does aube mean?
Aube means a department of Grand Est, France (INSEE code 10).
What is aube the obsolete form of?
Aube is the obsolete form of alb.
What part of speech is aube?
Aube is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce aube?
Aube is pronounced /ɔːb/.

Words near aube in the dictionary

  1. AUB
  2. aubade
  3. aubades
  4. aubaine
  5. Aubange
  6. aube
  7. auberge
  8. auberges
  9. aubergine
  10. aubergines
  11. auberginey

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aube (page history and authors); Aube (page history and authors); alb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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