aune

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See also: Aune, auné, and aúne

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French. See alnage.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited 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.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Verb[edit]

aune

  1. inflection of auner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

aune m (plural aunes)

  1. Alternative spelling of aulne (alder)

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

aune

  1. Alternative form of awne

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin alnus.

Noun[edit]

aune m (plural aunes)

  1. (Jersey) alder