different between nocturne vs aubade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nocturne (literally “nocturnal”), from Latin nocturnus. Doublet of notturno.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?kt??n/, /(?)n?k?t??n/
• (General American) enPR: n?k?tûrn', n?k?t?rn, IPA^(key): /?n?k?t?n/, /?n?kt?n/
• Rhymes: -?kt??(?)n, -?kt?(?)n, -??(?)n
• Hyphenation: noc?turne

Noun

nocturne (plural nocturnes)

1. A work of art relating or dedicated to the night.
2. (music) A dreamlike or pensive composition, usually for the piano.

   • “My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: “I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I’d rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don’t like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […].”

Antonyms

• diurne

Related terms

• nocturnist
• nocturnal
• diurnal
• crepuscular

Translations

See also

• aubade

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nocturnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?k.ty?n/

Adjective

nocturne (plural nocturnes)

1. nocturnal
   • 1857, Chalres Baudelaire, Je t'adore from Les Fleurs du mal

     Je t'adore à l'égal de la voûte nocturne,

     Ô vase de tristesse, ô grande taciturne,

     Et t'aime d'autant plus, belle, que tu me fuis,

     Et que tu me parais, ornement de mes nuits

   Antonym: diurne

2. of night

Derived terms

• tapage nocturne

Noun

nocturne m (plural nocturnes)

1. (music) nocturne

Noun

nocturne f (plural nocturnes)

1. opening hours at night
2. match of sport at night

Further reading

• “nocturne” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• reconnut, reconnût

Interlingua

Adjective

nocturne (comparative plus nocturne, superlative le plus nocturne)

1. nocturnal

Latin

Adjective

nocturne

1. vocative masculine singular of nocturnus

Middle English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin nocturna, noun use of the feminine form of Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal, of the night”), derived from nox (“night”).

Noun

nocturne (plural nocturns)

1. (Christianity) nocturn

Descendants

• English: nocturn

References

• “nocturne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aubade, from Old French albade, from Latin albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o??b??d/

Noun

aubade (plural aubades)

1. A song or poem greeting or evoking the dawn.
2. A morning love song; a song of lovers parting in the morning.

Coordinate terms

• serenade
• nocturne

Translations

Further reading

• aubade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “aubade”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French aubade, from Middle French aubade, from Old Occitan aubada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o??ba?.d?/
• Hyphenation: au?ba?de
• Rhymes: -a?d?

Noun

aubade f (plural aubades)

1. A song or musical performance to honour someone, performed in the morning.
2. (uncommon, chiefly historical) An aubade, a morning love song.

Related terms

• albino
• album
• albumen

French

Etymology

From Old French albade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.bad/

Noun

aubade f (plural aubades)

1. aubade (song; poem)
2. aubade (love song)

Descendants

• ? Dutch: aubade
• ? English: aubade

Further reading

• “aubade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).