august

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːˈɡʌst/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɔˈɡʌst/, /ə-/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /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) Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable. Of noble birth. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From August. ==== Verb ==== august (third-person singular simple present augusts, present participle augusting, simple past and past participle augusted) (obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen. (obsolete, rare) To bring to realization. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== august (plural augusts) 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): (Valencia) [awˈɣust] === Adjective === august (feminine augusta, masculine plural augusts or augustos, feminine plural augustes) august (venerable, noble) ==== Derived terms ==== augustament === Further reading === “august”, 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 == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin augustus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /avˈɡost/, [ɑwˈɡ̊ɔsd̥], [ɑ̈wˈkɔ̽st] === Noun === august c August (the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar) === See also === == Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German August. === Noun === august (genitive augusti, partitive augustit) August ==== Inflection ==== ==== Synonyms ==== lõikuskuu põimukuu viljakuu rukkikuu mädakuu ==== See also ==== == Faroese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin augustus. === Noun === august m August (month of the Gregorian calendar) === See also === === Further reading === "august" at Sprotin.fo == Interlingua == === Noun === august (plural augustes) alternative form of augusto == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === August (Sylt) === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin augustus. === Noun === august m (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) August Synonym: (Mooring) gjarsmoune ==== See also ==== months of the year in Föhr-Amrum Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin augustus. === Noun === august (indeclinable) August (eighth month of the year) === See also === === References === “august” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin augustus. === Noun === august m (indeclinable) 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) August ===== Synonyms ===== gustar (colloquial, popular/folk name), gust / agust, măsălar (rarer popular/folk name) ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French auguste. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /awˈɡust/ ==== Adjective ==== august m or n (feminine singular augustă, masculine plural auguști, feminine/neuter plural auguste) august, majestic, venerable Synonyms: slăvit, preamărit ===== Declension ===== == Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === avgust (Serbia) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin augustus. === Noun === august m inan (Cyrillic spelling аугуст) (Bosnia) August Synonym: (Croatia) kolovoz ==== Coordinate terms ==== == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin augustus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈauɡust] === Noun === august m inan (relational adjective augustový) August ==== Declension ==== === See also === === 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, 2003–2026