August

English

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August (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos (“increase”), from Proto-Italic *augos, from Proto-Indo-European base *h₂ewg- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre (“to chatter”).

Alternative forms

• Aug, Aug. (abbreviations)
• Aguste (obsolete)
• Augost (Jamaica)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôʹgəst, IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɡəst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɡəst/, /ˈɔ.ɡɪst/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ɡəst/

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Proper noun

August (plural Augusts)

2. The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: […] .

3. A female given name from English derived from the month (rare modern usage).
   • 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 48:

     August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.

Synonyms

• Sextilis (chiefly early Roman contexts), Sextile (early Roman contexts, now uncommon)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}

Etymology 2

In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common German given name August, from Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1974, Witi Ihimaera, Whanau, Heinemann, page 76:

     Thirteen year old August is the eldest; he begins to pull the kite downward. Like his sister and brother, June and July, he has been named after the month in which he was born.

2. A surname from Latin.
3. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

Translations

Anagrams

• Tausug

Catalan

Proper noun

August m

1. Augustus

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. a male given name. Feminine form: Augusta

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Ago, Agu

Ewe

Proper noun

August

1. August (month)

Related terms

• Dasiamime

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of August: Augustsson
• daughter of August: Augustsdóttir

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish August, from Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯ɡust/,
• Rhymes: -ɑuɡust
• Syllabification^(key): Au‧gust

Proper noun

August

1. a male given name

Usage notes

• Now chiefly used as a middle name.

Declension

Related terms

• Aku, Akusti, Aukusti, Kusti

Statistics

• August is the 519^th (tied with 1 other name) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 383 male individuals (and as a middle name to 5,221 more, making it much more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 14 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊ̯ˈɡʊst/ (month)
• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯ɡʊst/ (given name)

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Noun

August m (strong, genitive August or Augusts or Augustes, plural Auguste)

1. August (month)

   Synonyms: (archaic) Ährenmonat; (archaic) Erntemonat; (archaic) Erntemond; (archaic) Ernting; (archaic) Sichelmonat

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Estonian: august
• → Kashubian: august
• → Luxembourgish: August

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Monat im gregorianischen Kalender (Gregorianischen Kalender);
  
• (common) Januar / Jänner, Februar / Feber, März, April, Mai, Juni (Juno), Juli (Julei), August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember
  
• (archaic, poetic) Hartung, Hornung, Lenzing, Launing / Ostermond / Ostermonat, Wonnemond, Brachet, Heuert / Heumonat, Ernting / Erntemond / Erntemonat, Scheiding, Gilbhart, Nebelung, Julmond ^{(Category: de:Gregorian calendar months)}

Proper noun

August m (proper noun, strong, genitive Augusts or August)

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Augusta or Auguste, equivalent to English Augustus

Related terms

Descendants

Further reading

• “August” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “August” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• Aaugust

Etymology

Borrowed from German August.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯kuʃt/
• Hyphenation: Au‧gust

Noun

August m (nominative plural August)

1. August

Declension

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Monate im gregorianicher Kalenner; Januer, Februer, Merz, April, Maai, Juni, Juli, Aaugust/August, September, Oktover, November, Dezember ^{(Categories: hrx:Gregorian calendar months, hrx:Months)}

Proper noun

August m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Augustus

Declension

References

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German August.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

August m

1. August

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Mount am Gregorianesche Kalenner; Januar, Februar, Mäerz, Abrëll, Mee, Juni, Juli, August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember ^{(Category: lb:Months)}

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

August (navn)

Wikipedia ^nb

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. a male given name

See also

• august

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. a male given name

See also

• august

Plautdietsch

Noun

August m

1. August (month)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

August

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡust/
• Rhymes: -awɡust
• Syllabification: Au‧gust

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August m pers (female equivalent Augusta)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Augustus

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

August f

1. genitive plural of Augusta

Further reading

• August in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Etymology

Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. August (month)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Januar, Februar, Mairch, Apryle, Mey, Juin, Julie, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: sco:Gregorian calendar months)}

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

August

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

August c (genitive Augusts)

1. a male given name. Feminine form: Augusta

See also

• augusti