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auberge

[ oh-bairzh; French oh-berzh ]

noun

, plural au·berges [oh-, bair, -zhiz, oh-, berzh].
  1. an inn; hostel.


auberge

/ obɛrʒ /

noun

  1. an inn or tavern
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of auberge1

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); harbinger, harbor < a West Germanic cognate of the same verb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of auberge1

C17: from French, from Old Provençal alberga, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon heriberga army shelter
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Example Sentences

We are all at the Auberge de l'Union which is the only one in the place and is neither good nor bad.

I have heard that from that time English archers have been better treated in the auberge of Cardillac.

It may be noted that Meilhan lived on in the auberge after her death.

It was rather a hard life, but what with that and the little profit of the auberge, they managed to make both ends meet.

At nine o'clock the two heroes mutually felicitated each other at the small auberge of Genappe.

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