aubin

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French aubin, hobin, hobi, from Old French hobi, *haubi, haubby, hobin (“a nag, hobby”), from Old French hober, ober (“to stir, move”), from Old Dutch *hobbon (“to toss, move up and down”) (Middle Dutch hobben); or from North Germanic origin related to Danish hoppe (“a mare”), Old Swedish hoppa (“a young mare”), North Frisian hoppe (“horse”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”). More at hobby, hop, hobble. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o.bɛ̃/ === Noun === aubin m (plural aubins) canter (horse gait) === Further reading === “aubin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012