aubette

Inherited from Middle French hobette, diminutive of hobe (“hut, cottage”), which is either inherited from Old French huve or a borrowing from Middle High German hūbe, both meaning “hood, cap, bonnet” and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ. The use for roofs, shelters and suchlike is attested for German Haube, Dutch huif, but may also have developed independently in French.

• IPA^(key): /o.bɛt/

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aubette f (plural aubettes)

1. a small house or lodge
2. guardhouse, sentry-box
3. bus shelter

• “aubette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.