aune

French. See alnage.

aune (plural aunes)

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

• Euan, Euna

• IPA^(key): /on/

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.

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)

• à l'aune de

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

aune m (plural aunes)

1. Alternative spelling of aulne

• “aune” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin alnus.

aune m (plural aunes)

1. (Jersey) alder