aune

See also: Aune, auné, and aúne

English

Etymology

French. See alnage.

Noun

aune (plural aunes)

  1. An old French cloth measure, varying around the country, but at Paris equivalent to 0.95 of an English ell.

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French aune, from Old French alne, from Vulgar Latin *alina, from a Germanic language, probably Frankish *alina, from Proto-Germanic *alinō. Cognate with Old High German elina, Old English eln, Old Norse alin, ǫln, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina), and Latin ulna. More at ell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /on/

Noun

aune f (plural aunes)

  1. (historical, unit of length) ell
  2. (by extension) measuring rod of one ell
  3. (figuratively) yardstick (standard to which other comparisons are judged)
Derived terms
  • à l'aune de

Verb

aune

  1. first-person singular present indicative of auner
  2. third-person singular present indicative of auner
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of auner
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of auner
  5. second-person singular imperative of auner

Etymology 2

Noun

aune m (plural aunes)

  1. Alternative spelling of aulne

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Latin alnus.

Noun

aune m (plural aunes)

  1. (Jersey) alder
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