aubin

See also: Aubin and Aubîn

French

Etymology

From Old French hobi, *haubi, haubby, hobin (“a nag, hobby”), from Old French hober, ober (“to stir, move”), from Old Dutch hobben (“to toss, move up and down”); or from North Germanic origin related to Danish hoppe (“a mare”), Old Swedish hoppa (“a young mare”), North Frisian hoppe (“horse”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”). More at hobby, hop, hobble.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /o.bɛ̃/

Noun

aubin m (plural aubins)

  1. canter (horse gait)
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