auguste

== English == === Etymology === From French auguste, from German (dumme) August. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʊˈɡuːst/, /ɔːˈɡuːst/, /ɔːˈɡəst/, /-(ˈ)ɡʊst/ === Noun === auguste (plural augustes) (theater) A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface. === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Auguste”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o.ɡyst/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin augustus. Doublet of août, which was inherited. ==== Adjective ==== auguste (plural augustes) august; noble, stately === Etymology 2 === From German (dumme) August. ==== Noun ==== auguste m (plural augustes) a type of clown with a white makeup === Further reading === “auguste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Adjective === auguste feminine plural of augusto == Latin == === Adjective === auguste vocative masculine singular of augustus === References === “auguste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “auguste”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “auguste”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.