auberge
Americannoun
plural
aubergesnoun
Etymology
Origin of auberge
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); cf. harbinger, harbor < a West Germanic cognate of the same verb
Example Sentences
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She openly fantasized about cooking at the Milton Inn when it reopens later this year, imagining it transformed into a destination auberge.
From New York Times • May 25, 2021
It can take your luggage to that night’s auberge, too.
From Washington Times • May 21, 2019
She suggested the Lion d’Or restaurant, a little auberge in the nearby town of Arcins with yellow wood shutters on the windows and an Art Nouveau-style glass awning.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017
But something else also happened in pop music at that bayside auberge a year later.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2014
Scarcely had the Mar�chal departed, than he followed his steps, and made all haste to an obscure auberge outside the barriers, where a companion, poor and friendless as himself, awaited him.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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