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Definitions and meaning of august

august

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈɡʌst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɡʌst/, /ə-/, /ɑˈɡʌst/
• Rhymes: -ʌst
• Hyphenation: au‧gust

Etymology 1

From French auguste (“noble, stately; august”) or Latin augustus (“majestic, venerable, august; imperial, royal”), from augeō (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread”). Doublet of Augustus.

Adjective

august (comparative auguster or more august, superlative augustest or most august)

1. Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
2. Of noble birth.

Derived terms

• augustly
• augustness

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From August.

Verb

august (third-person singular simple present augusts, present participle augusting, simple past and past participle augusted)

1. (obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen.
2. (obsolete, rare) To bring to realization.

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

august (plural augusts)

1. Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”)

References

Anagrams

• Tausug

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus. Doublet of agost, which was inherited through Vulgar Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əwˈɣust]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [awˈɣust]

Adjective

august (feminine augusta, masculine plural augusts or augustos, feminine plural augustes)

1. august (venerable, noble)

Derived terms

• augustament

Further reading

• “august” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avˈɡost/, [ɑwˈɡ̊ɔsd̥], [ɑ̈wˈkɔ̽st]

Noun

august c

1. August (the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) måned i den gregorianske kalender; januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december
  Obsolete words: glugmåned, blidemåned, tormåned, fåremåned, ?, ?, ormemåned, høstmåned, fiskemåned, liljemåned, slagtemåned, kristmåned ^{(Category: da:Months)}

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German August.

Noun

august (genitive augusti, partitive augustit)

1. August

Inflection

Synonyms

• lõikuskuu
• põimukuu
• viljakuu
• rukkikuu
• mädakuu

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregoriuse kalendri kuu; jaanuar, veebruar, märts, aprill, mai, juuni, juuli, august, september, oktoober, november, detsember ^{(Category: et:Months)}

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Noun

august m

1. August (month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) januar, februar, mars, apríl, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: fo:Months)}

Interlingua

Noun

august (plural augustes)

1. Alternative form of augusto

North Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Noun

august m

1. (Föhr-Amrum) August

See also

• months of the year in Föhr-Amrum North Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Noun

august (indeclinable)

1. August (eighth month of the year)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: no:Months)}

References

• “august” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Noun

august m (indeclinable)

1. August (eighth month)

References

• “august” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin (mensis) augustus. Cf. also the inherited doublet agust and gust.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡust/

Noun

august m (uncountable)

1. August

Synonyms

• gustar (colloquial, popular/folk name), gust / agust, măsălar (rarer popular/folk name)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) lună a calendarului gregorian; ianuarie, februarie, martie, aprilie, mai, iunie, iulie, august, septembrie, octombrie, noiembrie, decembrie ^{(Category: ro:Months)}

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French auguste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈɡust/

Adjective

august m or n (feminine singular augustă, masculine plural auguști, feminine and neuter plural auguste)

1. august, majestic, venerable

   Synonyms: slăvit, preamărit

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• avgust (Serbia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Noun

august m (Cyrillic spelling аугуст)

1. (Bosnia) August

   Synonym: (Croatia) kolovoz

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/siječanj, februar/veljača, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac ^{(Category: sh:Gregorian calendar months)}

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈauɡust]

Noun

august m inan (genitive singular augusta, nominative plural augusty, genitive plural augustov, declension pattern of dub)

1. August

Declension

Derived terms

• augustový

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mesiac gregoriánskeho kalendára; január, február, marec, apríl, máj, jún, júl, august, september, október, november, december ^{(Category: sk:Months)}

Further reading

• “august”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Sundanese

Noun

august

1. August

Source: wiktionary.org