august

See also: August

English

WOTD – 1 August 2018

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈɡʌst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɡʌst/, /ə-/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑˈɡʌst/

• Audio (General American):

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• 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)

1. Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.

   an august patron of the arts

   • 1796, Gilbert Bishop of Sarum [i.e., Gilbert Burnet], “Article VII. Of the Old Testament.”, in An Exposition of the XXXIX Articles of the Church of England, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 123:

     In the book of Pſalms there are many things ſaid of David, which ſeem capable of a much auguſter ſenſe than can be pretended to be anſwered by any thing that befel himſelf.

   • 1837 August 31, William Sollis, A Sermon, Preached in Holsworthy Church on Thursday, August 31, 1837, at the Anniversaries of the Societies for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. […], Launceston, Cornwall: Penheale-Press, Rev. H. A. Simcoe, →OCLC, page 7:

     [W]e shall not, I think, be able to find language which can convey in few words more fully the idea we should always have impressed on our minds of the august character of our Lord, than the expression, "the word of life."

   • 1841, E[lijah] C[oleman] Bridgman, “Governmental Affairs”, in A Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, Macao: S[amuel] Wells Williams, →OCLC, section second (Imperial Titles), page 558:

     The commands of the august sovereign are the imperial commands, or the phœnix (the incomparable) mandate.

   • 1846, Robert Browning, “Luria”, in Bells and Pomegranates, volumes VIII (Luria; and A Soul’s Tragedy), London: Edward Moxon, →OCLC; republished in Poems [...] In Two Volumes, new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], 1849, →OCLC, act IV, page 192:

     —Inconsciously to the augustest end / Thou hast arisen: second not in rank / So much as time, to him who first ordained / That Florence, thou art to destroy, should be— […]

   • 1899, Sei Shōnagon, “Makura Zōshi [The Attack of the Dog Okinamaro upon the Cat Miyōbu no Otodo]”, in W[illiam] G[eorge] Aston, A History of Japanese Literature, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 111:

     The foolish dog […] flew at the cat, who in her fright and consternation took refuge behind the screen of the breakfast-room where his Majesty then was. The Mikado was greatly shocked and agitated. He took the cat into his august bosom, and summoning the chamberlain Tadataka, gave orders that Okinamaro should have a good thrashing and be banished to Dog Island at once.

   • 2015 December 5, Alan Smith, “Leicester City back on top as Riyad Mahrez hat-trick downs Swansea City”, in The Guardian‎^[1], London, archived from the original on 29 March 2017:

     For once the story was not about Jamie Vardy, unable to equal Jimmy Dunne's top-flight record of scoring in a dozen consecutive games, but about his august deputy Riyad Mahrez.

   • 2016, Liu Cixin, translated by Ken Liu, Death's End, Tor, translation of 死神永生, →ISBN, page 280:

     Countless proposals flooded in, sent by sources as august as the World Academy of Sciences and as humble as elementary schools.

2. Of noble birth.

   an august lineage

   • 1873, Walter Fitz Patrick, chapter I, in The Great Condé and the Period of the Fronde: A Historical Sketch, volume I, London: T[homas] Cautley Newby, publisher, […], →OCLC, page 7:

     A branch of the house of Lorraine, in comparison with which even the royal race of Capet was mean, the Guises traced back their august lineage through a long line of warrior princes to the Imperial figure of Charlemagne.

Derived terms

• augustly
• augustness
• August Thearch
• unaugust

 

Related terms

• auction
• augment (see more related terms)
• August
• Augustine
• Augustinian

 

Translations

awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable

• Bulgarian: ца́рствен (bg) (cárstven), вели́чествен (bg) (velíčestven)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 威嚴的／威严的 (wēiyán de), 威風凜凜的／威风凛凛的 (wēifēnglǐnlǐn de)

• Finnish: ylevä (fi), kunnianarvoisa
• French: auguste (fr)
• Galician: augusto m
• German: illuster (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σεβαστός (sebastós)

• Ido: augusta (io)
• Macedonian: вели́чествен (velíčestven), ца́рствен (cárstven)
• Portuguese: augusto (pt), majestoso (pt), nobre (pt)
• Russian: вели́чественный (ru) (velíčestvennyj), велича́вый (ru) (veličávyj), ца́рственный (ru) (cárstvennyj), августе́йший (ru) (avgustéjšij)
• Spanish: majestuoso (es), augusto (es)
• Swedish: majestätisk (sv)

of noble birth

• Bulgarian: благоро́ден (bg) (blagoróden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出身顯赫的／出身显赫的 (chūshēn xiǎnhè de), 高貴的／高贵的 (gāoguì de), 尊貴的／尊贵的 (zūnguì de)

• Finnish: ylhäinen (fi)
• French: auguste (fr)
• Galician: nobre (gl) m or f
• Macedonian: благо́роден (blagóroden)
• Portuguese: augusto (pt), nobre (pt), fidalgo (pt)
• Russian: благоро́дный (ru) (blagoródnyj)
• Spanish: noble (es), hidalgo (es)
• Swedish: upphöjd (sv)

Etymology 2

From August.

Verb

august (third-person singular simple present augusts, present participle augusting, simple past and past participle augusted)

1. (obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen.
2. (obsolete, rare) To bring to realization.
   • 1855, Philip James Bailey, The Mystic and Other Poems, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 55:

     By divine science and cœlestial art / He for the cause of the dear nations toiled, / And augusted man's heavenly hopes that so, / […] / he might, by awful rites / […] / Adhæsion with Divinity achieve.

Translations

ripen — see ripen

to bring to realization

Etymology 3

Noun

august (plural augusts)

1. Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”)

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)

1. august (venerable, noble)

Derived terms

• augustament

Further reading

• “august” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avˈɡost/, [ɑwˈɡ̊ɔsd̥], [ɑ̈wˈkɔ̽st]

Noun

august c

1. August (the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) måned i den gregorianske kalender; januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december
  Obsolete words: glugmåned, blidemåned, tormåned, fåremåned, ?, ?, ormemåned, høstmåned, fiskemåned, liljemåned, slagtemåned, kristmåned ^{(Category: da:Months)}

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German August.

Noun

august (genitive augusti, partitive augustit)

1. August

Inflection

Declension of august (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		august	augustid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	augusti
genitive			augustite
partitive		augustit	augusteid
illative		augustisse	augustitesse augusteisse
inessive		augustis	augustites augusteis
elative		augustist	augustitest augusteist
allative		augustile	augustitele augusteile
adessive		augustil	augustitel augusteil
ablative		augustilt	augustitelt augusteilt
translative		augustiks	augustiteks augusteiks
terminative		augustini	augustiteni
essive		augustina	augustitena
abessive		augustita	augustiteta
comitative		augustiga	augustitega

Synonyms

• lõikuskuu
• põimukuu
• viljakuu
• rukkikuu
• mädakuu

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregoriuse kalendri kuu; jaanuar, veebruar, märts, aprill, mai, juuni, juuli, august, september, oktoober, november, detsember ^{(Category: et:Months)}

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Noun

august m

1. August (month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) januar, februar, mars, apríl, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: fo:Months)}

Further reading

• "august" at Sprotin.fo

Interlingua

Noun

august (plural augustes)

1. Alternative form of augusto

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• August (Sylt)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin augustus.

Noun

august m

1. (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)

1. August (eighth month of the year)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: no:Months)}

References

• “august” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Noun

august m (indeclinable)

1. 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)

1. August

Synonyms

• gustar (colloquial, popular/folk name), gust / agust, măsălar (rarer popular/folk name)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) lună a calendarului gregorian; ianuarie, februarie, martie, aprilie, mai, iunie, iulie, august, septembrie, octombrie, noiembrie, decembrie ^{(Category: ro:Months)}

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French auguste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈɡust/

Adjective

august m or n (feminine singular augustă, masculine plural auguști, feminine and neuter plural auguste)

1. august, majestic, venerable

   Synonyms: slăvit, preamărit

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	august		augustă		auguști	auguste
	definite	augustul		augusta		auguștii	augustele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	august		auguste		auguști	auguste
	definite	augustului		augustei		auguștilor	augustilor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• avgust (Serbia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Noun

august m (Cyrillic spelling аугуст)

1. (Bosnia) August

   Synonym: (Croatia) kolovoz

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/siječanj, februar/veljača, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac ^{(Category: sh:Gregorian calendar months)}

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈauɡust]

Noun

august m inan (related adjective augustový)

1. August

Declension

Declension of august

	singular	plural
nominative	august	augusty
genitive	augusta	augustov
dative	augustu	augustom
accusative	august	augusty
locative	auguste	augustoch
instrumental	augustom	augustmi

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mesiac gregoriánskeho kalendára; január, február, marec, apríl, máj, jún, júl, august, september, október, november, december ^{(Category: sk:Months)}

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, 2003–2024

Sundanese

Noun

august

1. (dated, possibly obsolete) August