I can't found it in a dictionary or translation software.
2006-06-06 09:41:22 · 7 answers · asked by 2h4u623 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Basically "aubaine" refers to any good opportunity that you have. It means by extension any financial opportunity that you have: receiving unexpected money, having a rebate/discount.
2006-06-06 12:07:28 · answer #1 · answered by fabee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Godsend
2006-06-06 22:38:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are three meanings (actually, I only knew two of them, so thanks for asking):
Une aubaine:
(money) = a windfall
(business) = a bargain
(occasion) = a godsend, a golden opportunity
People tend to use "aubaine" to express those last two meanings. And it's often used in the expression that follows: Quelle aubaine! = What a godsend!
"Aubaines" is just the plural.
2006-06-06 11:57:13 · answer #3 · answered by Offkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aubain
1727, from Fr., from M.L. Albanus, but the sense is obscure. A right of French kings, whereby they claimed the property of every non-naturalized stranger who died in their realm. Abolished 1819.
2006-06-06 09:50:12 · answer #4 · answered by dullguy2001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived in France many years... I have never heard of that word...
2006-06-06 12:37:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Savings.
Discount.
Sale!
2006-06-06 09:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
godsends, blessings....bendiciones in spanish
2006-06-06 10:32:40 · answer #7 · answered by Luisa Durón 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋