aubaine

== English == === Etymology === From French aubaine, as in droit d'aubaine. === Noun === aubaine (historical, law) The inheritance of the property of an unnaturalized foreigner, in particular in France during feudalism and the Ancien Régime. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o.bɛn/ Rhymes: -ɛn === Etymology 1 === From aubain (“non-naturalised foreigner”). Later meanings are an extension of the legal sense. ==== Noun ==== aubaine f (plural aubaines) (law, historical) aubaine (automatic succession of foreigners' goods) (by extension) godsend, boon, windfall Synonyms: pain bénit, don du ciel bargain, steal Synonym: bonne affaire ===== Derived terms ===== droit d'aubaine === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== aubaine feminine singular of aubain (“white”) === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Latin albus (“white”) ==== Noun ==== aubaine f (plural aubaines) (agriculture, botany) a variety of wheat === Further reading === “aubaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012