August
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôʹgəst, IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɡəst/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ɡəst/, /ˈɔ.ɡɪst/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ɡəst/
Audio (General American): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]August (plural Augusts)
- 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: […] .
- 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
[edit]Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Bislama: ogis
- Jamaican Creole: Augos, Aagos
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: orgas
- Tok Pisin: ogas
- → Burmese: ဩဂုတ် (au:gut)
- → Chichewa: Ogasiti
- → Dari: اگست (ogast), اکست (akast)
- →? Urdu: اگست (agast)
- → Hausa: Agusta
- → Hawaiian: ʻAukake
- → Hindi: अगस्त (agast)
- → Malay: Ogos
- → Maori: Ākuhata
- → Marshallese: O̧kwōj
- → Swahili: Agosti
- → Tokelauan: Aukuho
- → Tongan: ʻAokosi
Translations
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See also
[edit]- (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
[edit]In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common German given name August, from Latin Augustus.
Proper noun
[edit]August
- 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.
- A surname from Latin.
- A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
Translations
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]August m
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]August
- a male given name. Feminine form: Augusta
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]August
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]Ewe
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]August
- August (month)
Related terms
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]August m
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]Patronymics
- son of August: Augustsson
- daughter of August: Augustsdóttir
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | August |
Accusative | August |
Dative | Augusti |
Genitive | Augusts |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Swedish August, from Latin Augustus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]August
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]- Now chiefly used as a middle name.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of August (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | August | Augustit | |
genitive | Augustin | Augustien | |
partitive | Augustia | Augusteja | |
illative | Augustiin | Augusteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | August | Augustit | |
accusative | nom. | August | Augustit |
gen. | Augustin | ||
genitive | Augustin | Augustien | |
partitive | Augustia | Augusteja | |
inessive | Augustissa | Augusteissa | |
elative | Augustista | Augusteista | |
illative | Augustiin | Augusteihin | |
adessive | Augustilla | Augusteilla | |
ablative | Augustilta | Augusteilta | |
allative | Augustille | Augusteille | |
essive | Augustina | Augusteina | |
translative | Augustiksi | Augusteiksi | |
abessive | Augustitta | Augusteitta | |
instructive | — | Augustein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- August is the 519th (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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Augustus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]August m (strong, genitive August or Augusts or Augustes, plural Auguste)
- August (month)
- Synonyms: (archaic) Ährenmonat; (archaic) Erntemonat; (archaic) Erntemond; (archaic) Ernting; (archaic) Sichelmonat
Declension
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Estonian: august
- → Hunsrik: August
- → Kashubian: agùst
- → Lower Sorbian: awgust
- → Luxembourgish: August
- → Slovincian: aughúst
- → Upper Sorbian: awgust
See also
[edit]- (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
[edit]August m (proper noun, strong, genitive Augusts or August)
- a male given name, feminine equivalent Augusta or Auguste, equivalent to English Augustus
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Hunsrik
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German August.[1] Doublet of Aagust.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]August m (plural August)
See also
[edit]- (Gregorian calendar months) Monate im gregorianicher Kalenner; Januer, Februer, Merz, April, Maai, Juni, Juli, August/Aagust, September, Oktover, November, Dezember (Category: hrx:Gregorian calendar months)
Proper noun
[edit]August m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Augustus
References
[edit]- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “August”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 15, column 1
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]August m
See also
[edit]- (Gregorian calendar months) Mount am Gregorianesche Kalenner; Januar, Februar, Mäerz, Abrëll, Mee, Juni, Juli, August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember (Category: lb:Months)
North Frisian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin augustus.
Noun
[edit]August m
- (Sylt) August
- Synonym: Bārichtmuun
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]August
- a male given name
See also
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]August
- a male given name
See also
[edit]Plautdietsch
[edit]Noun
[edit]August m
- August (month)
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Augustus.
Proper noun
[edit]August m pers (female equivalent Augusta)
- a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Augustus
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun
[edit]August f
Further reading
[edit]- August in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]August
- August (month)
See also
[edit]- (Gregorian calendar months) Januar, Februar, Mairch, Apryle, Mey, Juin, Julie, August, September, October, November, December (Category: sco:Gregorian calendar months)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]August c (genitive Augusts)
- a male given name. Feminine form: Augusta
See also
[edit]- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ewg-
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Italic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from English
- en:Gregorian calendar months
- English terms derived from German
- English male given names
- English male given names from Latin
- English surnames
- English surnames from Latin
- en:Census-designated places in California, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English eponyms
- English heteronyms
- English unisex given names
- en:Months
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Estonian terms derived from Latin
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- Ewe lemmas
- Ewe proper nouns
- ee:Months
- Faroese terms derived from Latin
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑuɡust
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑuɡust/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weg-
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ewg-
- German terms borrowed from Latin
- German learned borrowings from Latin
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Gregorian calendar months
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German male given names
- de:Months
- Hunsrik terms borrowed from German
- Hunsrik terms derived from German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weg-
- Hunsrik terms derived from Latin
- Hunsrik terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ewg-
- Hunsrik doublets
- Hunsrik 2-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/aʊ̯kuʃt
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/aʊ̯kuʃt/2 syllables
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik masculine nouns
- hrx:Gregorian calendar months
- Hunsrik proper nouns
- Hunsrik given names
- Hunsrik male given names
- Luxembourgish terms derived from German
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish proper nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns
- lb:Months
- North Frisian terms derived from Latin
- North Frisian lemmas
- North Frisian nouns
- North Frisian masculine nouns
- Sylt North Frisian
- frr:Months
- frr:Time
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål given names
- Norwegian Bokmål male given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names
- Plautdietsch lemmas
- Plautdietsch proper nouns
- Plautdietsch masculine nouns
- pdt:Months
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/awɡust
- Rhymes:Polish/awɡust/2 syllables
- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish learned borrowings from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- Polish given names
- Polish male given names
- Polish male given names from Latin
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish proper noun forms
- Scots terms inherited from Middle English
- Scots terms derived from Middle English
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots terms derived from Latin
- Scots lemmas
- Scots proper nouns
- sco:Gregorian calendar months
- sco:Months
- Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names