auberge
Americannoun
noun
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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
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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
A new owner, the boutique hotelier Jeff Klein, plans to spend $30 million to transform the 29-room motel into a high-end auberge.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2014
My room also provided a view of d'Chez Eux -- the auberge where dinner begins with complimentary charcuterie, and a whole Bresse chicken is expertly carved tableside by a friendly English-speaking maitre d'hotel.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2011
So, of necessity, I turned into the auberge, and had a very good dinner, enlivened 39 by a serenade from a legion of frogs, croaking dolefully in the neighbouring marshes.
From Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia by Windham, W. G.
Wineries and hilltop bastides have always lured travelers to Provence, but a recent wave of modish auberges has turned the destination downright stylish.
From Time ● Oct. 13, 2017
Artists including Caravaggio, Mattia Preti and Favray were commissioned by the knights to embellish churches, palaces and auberges.
From US News ● Mar. 17, 2015
More than ever, the returning voyagers speak glowingly of life in Europe's countryside, of good meals and friendly people in pubs, auberges, wine gardens and pousadas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seek out country inns, auberges, Gasthãuser, bedsitters, farms, pensions, pousadas and paradores.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Are messieurs aware that there are no auberges in the villages offering accommodations fit for them?”
From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas
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