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Webster 1913 Edition
Aune
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Aune
,Noun.
[F. See
Alnage
.] A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); – now superseded by the meter.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aune
AUNE
,Noun.
A French cloth measure, but of different lengths in different parts of the country. At Rouen, it is an Eng. ell; at Calais, 1.52; at Lyons, 1.061; at Paris, 0.95.
Definition 2024
Aune
Aune
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯ne/
- Hyphenation: Au‧ne
Proper noun
Aune
- A female given name cognate with English Agnes.
- 1919, Maila Talvio, Kurjet, in Kootut teokset VIII (WSOY 1955), page 144:
- Eino-Ilmari tuhri nopeasti näkymättömiin erään nimen, jonka hän oli kirjoittanut imupaperiin edessään. Saattoiko sen vielä lukea? Aune . . . Aune . . . Aune: paras vetää mustia viivoja yli koko tuon suloisen nimen. Aune oli kuin valoa koko tyttö, hyvä ja puhdas.
- 1919, Maila Talvio, Kurjet, in Kootut teokset VIII (WSOY 1955), page 144:
Declension
| Inflection of Aune (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aune | Aunet | |
| genitive | Aunen | Aunejen | |
| partitive | Aunea | Auneja | |
| illative | Auneen | Auneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Aune | Aunet | |
| accusative | nom. | Aune | Aunet |
| gen. | Aunen | ||
| genitive | Aunen | Aunejen Auneinrare |
|
| partitive | Aunea | Auneja | |
| inessive | Aunessa | Auneissa | |
| elative | Aunesta | Auneista | |
| illative | Auneen | Auneihin | |
| adessive | Aunella | Auneilla | |
| ablative | Aunelta | Auneilta | |
| allative | Aunelle | Auneille | |
| essive | Aunena | Auneina | |
| translative | Auneksi | Auneiksi | |
| instructive | — | Aunein | |
| abessive | Aunetta | Auneitta | |
| comitative | — | Auneineen | |
Related terms
- Aunetta, Auni, Iines
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aune
English
Noun
aune (plural aunes)
- An old French cloth measure, varying around the country, but at Paris equivalent to 0.95 of an English ell.
French
Etymology 1
From Middle French aune, from Old French alne, 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)
- (historical, unit of length) ell
- (by extension) measuring rod of one ell
- (figuratively) yardstick (standard to which other comparisons are judged)
Derived terms
- à l'aune de
Verb
aune
- first-person singular present indicative of auner
- third-person singular present indicative of auner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of auner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of auner
- second-person singular imperative of auner
Etymology 2
Noun
aune m (plural aunes)
- Alternative spelling of aulne