augment

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”). === Pronunciation === Verb: (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/ (US) IPA(key): /ɔɡˈmɛnt/, /ˈɔɡmɛnt/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑɡˈmɛnt/, /ˈɑɡmɛnt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /oːɡˈment/ Rhymes: -ɛnt Noun: (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɡmənt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɡmɛnt/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑɡmɛnt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈoːɡment/ Hyphenation: aug‧ment === Verb === augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented) (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement. (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater. (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage. (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone). (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “augment”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Noun === augment (plural augments) (grammar) A grammatical prefix (Indo-European languages) In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb. (Celtic languages) Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning. (Bantu languages) In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix. An increase. ==== Derived terms ==== augmentless ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Glossary#augment === Further reading === “augment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “augment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “augment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === mutagen, negatum == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin augmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əwɡˈmen], [əwˈmen] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əwɡˈment], [əwˈment] IPA(key): (Valencia) [awɡˈment], [awˈment] === Noun === augment m (plural augments) increase, rise, rising (linguistics) augment (optics) magnification ==== Related terms ==== augmentar augmentatiu === Further reading === “augment”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin augmentum or another European language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑu̯xˈmɛnt/ Hyphenation: aug‧ment Rhymes: -ɛnt === Noun === augment n (plural augmenten, no diminutive) (Indo-European grammar) augment (prefix before a past-tense verb) ==== Related terms ==== augmentatie augmenteren == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin augmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oɡ.mɑ̃/ === Noun === augment m (plural augments) (medieval law) part of an estate which a widow could inherit (grammar) augment ==== Related terms ==== augmenter === Further reading === “augment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin augmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈawɡ.mɛnt/ Rhymes: -awɡmɛnt Syllabification: aug‧ment === Noun === augment m inan (grammar) augment (suffix in some Indo-European languages indicating the past tense) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === augment in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French augment or Latin augmentum. === Noun === augment n (plural augmente) increase, growth, augmentation ==== Declension ====