It's French: Aube
How would a french person pronounce that? Is it Oh-bee...Aw-bay....Aw-bee...Oh-bay...etc?
2006-07-01 20:21:31 · 11 answers · asked by WHATS UP! 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I don't know what it means, I think it's a surname.
2006-07-01 20:27:05 · update #1
Aw-bay, mon petit . . . lol. "be" in French is always "bay" if it's at the end of the word. And "au" is just "aw", whereas "eau" is "oh". Comprende vous?
xxx
2006-07-01 20:29:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mike's answer looks pretty much how I would have put it! It's SO difficult to describe pronunciations, especially as English words are spoken with so many different accents! It's been described as having the 'au' to sound like the vowel sound of 'all' - but I don't think ANY description could hit the spot 100%...! But at any rate, the 'e' at the end is either silent, or so brief it may as WELL be silent!
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2006-07-02 00:52:27 · answer #2 · answered by _ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does it mean? I speak Quebecois french (a Canadian dialect), and I've never seen the word before...I would guess "obe" (rhymes with "globe"). Unless there's an accent on the end, in which case it would likely be oh-bay.
2006-07-01 20:25:56 · answer #3 · answered by ginevra1weasley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "dawn" (which of course doesn't stop it from being a name) and it's pronounced roughly OH-buh. The second syllable, if you can call it that, is barely pronounced. It's just a release of the "b," i.e. your lips open again.
2006-07-01 20:37:07 · answer #4 · answered by ooooo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's French that means that a normal person cannot possibly lean to pronounce it.
2006-07-01 20:25:37 · answer #5 · answered by Grbonk 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh-buh
2006-07-01 20:26:11 · answer #6 · answered by Malcolm uses Xbox 360 Avatar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ooub
2006-07-01 20:25:50 · answer #7 · answered by mike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the real answer to this question is that is does not matter as french of no importance.
just mumble and sniffle thats close enough.
2006-07-01 20:26:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ob or oh-buh. It means dawn.
2006-07-01 22:12:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
...meaning dawn, daybreak...pronounced: ob
2006-07-01 20:45:10 · answer #10 · answered by justmemimi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋