auberge

au·berge

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [oh-bairzh; French oh-berzh]
- /oʊˈbɛərʒ; French oʊˈbɛrʒ/
- /ˈɔːbədʒ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [oh-bairzh; French oh-berzh]
- /oʊˈbɛərʒ; French oʊˈbɛrʒ/

Definitions of auberge word

noun auberge an inn or tavern 3
noun auberge an inn 3
noun plural auberge an inn; hostel. 1
noun auberge An inn in France or another French-speaking country. 1
noun auberge An inn or hostel. 0

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Origin of auberge

First appearance:

before 1770

One of the 46% newest English words

1770-80; < French, Middle French < Provençal, Franco-Provençal aubergo hostelry, Old Provençal alberga, alberja encampment, hut, noun derivative of albergar, dissimilated form of arbergar to lodge, shelter < Vulgar Latin < East Germanic *haribergōn to shelter an armed force (hari- army + bergōn to shelter); cf. harbinger, harbor < a West Germanic cognate of the same verb

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Parts of speech for Auberge

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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auberge popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for auberge

noun auberge

tavern — a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
motel — a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
resort — to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource: to resort to war.
inn — a river in central Europe, flowing from S Switzerland through Austria and Germany into the Danube. 320 miles (515 km) long.

All 41 Synonyms of auberge