August

See also august

English

Etymology

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-Indo-European base *aug-, to increase; or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails, from Proto-Indo-European *awi-, bird; + Latin garrire (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European base *gar-/*ger-, to cry, of imitative origin

Alternative forms

• Augost (Jamaican English)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ôʹgəst, IPA: /ˈɔːɡəst/, X-SAMPA: /"O:g@st/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

August (plural Augusts)

1. The eighth month of the Gregorian calendar, following July and preceding September. Abbreviation: Aug or Aug.
2. A male given name, variant of Augustus borrowed from continental Europe.
3. A female given name derived from the month (rare modern usage).

Derived terms

• august (verb)
• August Bank Holiday
• August Coup
• August Moon Festival
• August Penguin
• August plum

• August Putsch
• August Revolution
• August rooster
• Operation August Storm
• August Uprising in Georgia
• mid-August

Related terms

• Augustal
• Augustan
• Augustean
• augusteity
• Augustin, Augustine
• Augustinian
• augustious
• Augustus

Translations

eighth month of the Gregorian calendar

• Abaza: август
• Abkhaz: нанҳәа (ab) (nanḥwa)
• Afrikaans: Augustus (af)
• Alabama: hasiholtina istontótchìina, Awkoska
• Albanian: gusht (sq)
• Alemannic German: August m
• Alutiiq: Alagnat Iraluat
• Amharic: ኦገስት (am) (ogäst)
• Apache:

  Western Apache: Binestʼántsʼǭǭsé

• Arabic: أغُسْطُسْ (ar) (’ağúʂʈuʂ) m, آبُ (ar) (āb) m
• Aragonese: agosto (an) m
• Armenian: օգոստոս (hy) (ògostos)

  Old Armenian: օգոստոս (ōgostos)

• Aromanian: avgustu (rup), agustu (rup)
• Asturian: agostu (ast) m
• Azeri: avqust (az)
• Basque: abuztu (eu)
• Belarusian: жнівень (be) (žniven’)
• Bengali: অগাস্ট (bn)
• Bislama: ogis (bi)
• Breton: Eost (br), miz Eost
• Bulgarian: август (bg) (ávgust) m
• Burmese: ဩဂုတ် (my) (aw:gok)
• Catalan: agost (ca) m
• Cebuano: agosto
• Cherokee: ᎦᎶᏂ (chr) (Galoni)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 八月 (baat3 jut6)

  Mandarin: 八月 (cmn), 8月 (cmn) (bāyuè)

• Chuvash: çурла (śurla)
• Crimean Tatar: avgustos
• Czech: srpen (cs) m
• Dakota: Wiišahdoǧaŋ
• Danish: august (da)
• Dutch: augustus (nl)
• Esperanto: aŭgusto (eo), Aŭgusto (eo)
• Estonian: august (et)
• Ewe: Dasiamime, August
• Faroese: august (fo)
• Fijian: Okosita (fj)
• Finnish: elokuu (fi)
• French: août (fr) m, aout (fr) m
• Friulian: avost m
• Galician: agosto (gl) m
• Georgian: აგვისტო (ka) (agvisto)
• German: August (de) m, Ernting (de) m
• Gilbertese: Aokati
• Greek: Αύγουστος (el) (Ávgoustos) m
• Greenlandic: Aggusti (kl)
• Haitian Creole: out
• Hawaiian: ʻAukake
• Hebrew: אוֹגוּסְט (he) (ogúst')
• Hindi: अगस्त (hi) (agast)
• Hungarian: augusztus (hu)
• Icelandic: ágúst (is) m, ágústmánuður (is) m
• Ido: agosto (io)
• Indonesian: Agustus (id)
• Interlingua: augusto (ia)
• Interlingue: august (ie)
• Irish: Lúnasa (ga) m
• Italian: agosto (it) m
• Jamaican Creole: Augos, Aagos
• Japanese: 八月 (ja) (はちがつ, hachigatsu), 葉月 (ja) (はづき, hazuki)
• Javanese: agustus (jv)
• Kabuverdianu:

  Badiu and ALUPEC or ALUPEK: agostu

  São Vicente: agost'

• Kannada: ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ (kn)
• Kashubian: zélnik (csb)
• Kazakh: тамыз (kk) (tamız)
• Khmer: សីហា (km) (seyhā)

• Kongo: auti
• Korean: 팔월 (ko) (parwol)
• Kurdish: gelawêj meh (ku)
• Lao: ເດືອນສິງຫາ (lo)
• Latin: augustus (la)
• Latvian: augusts (lv)
• Limburgish: Augustus (li)
• Lingala: augústo (ln)
• Lithuanian: rugpjūtis (lt) m
• Livonian: ougust, vīļakū
• Low German: August (nds) m, Augustmaand (nds) m
• Luxembourgish: August (lb) m, Karschnatz (lb) m
• Macedonian: август (mk) (ávgust) m
• Malay: ogos (ms)
• Maltese: Awissu (mt), Awwissu (mt)
• Manchu: (jakūn biya)
• Maori: Ākuhata (mi)
• Marathi: ऑगस्ट (mr)
• Montagnais: upau-pishimᵘ
• Navajo: Biniʼantʼą́ą́tsʼózí
• Neapolitan: aùsto m
• Northern Sotho: Phato
• Norwegian: august (no)
• Novial: auguste
• Occitan: agost (oc) m
• Ojibwe: manoominike-giizis
• Old English: wēodmōnaþ (ang) m
• Oriya: ଅଗଷ୍ଟ (or)
• Ossetian: август (avgust)
• Persian: اوت (fa) (ut)
• Polish: sierpień (pl) m
• Portuguese: agosto (pt) m
• Romanian: august (ro), (popular) gustar (ro), (popular) măsălar (ro)
• Romansch: avost (rm) m, avuost (rm) m, avust (rm) m, uost (rm) m
• Russian: август (ru) (ávgust) m
• Sami: Northern: borgemánnu
• Samoan: aokuso (sm)
• Scots: August
• Scottish Gaelic: Lùnastal (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: август (sh) m, аугуст (sh) m

  Roman: avgust (sh) m, august (sh) m, kolovoz (sh) m (Croatia)

• Sicilian: austu (scn) m
• Skolt Sami: på´rǧǧmään
• Slovak: august (sk) m
• Slovene: avgúst (sl) m
• Spanish: agosto (es) m
• Sundanese: august
• Swati: íNgci (ss)
• Swedish: augusti (sv)
• Tagalog: Agosto (tl)
• Tahitian: 'atete
• Tajik: август (tg) (avgust)
• Tamil: ஆகஸ்டு (ta)
• Tatar: august (tt) (august)
• Telugu: ఆగస్టు (te) (aagasTu)
• Thai: สิงหาคม (th) (síng háá khohm)
• Tok Pisin: ogas
• Tongan: 'akosi (to), ʻaokosi (to)
• Turkish: ağustos (tr)
• Ukrainian: серпень (uk) (sérpen’)
• Urdu: اگست (ur)
• Vietnamese: tháng tám (vi), tháng 8 (vi) (八月 (vi), 8月 (vi))
• Volapük: gustul (vo)
• Võro: põimukuu
• Walloon: awousse (wa)
• Welsh: Awst (cy) m
• West Frisian: augustus (fy), rispmoanne (fy)
• Wolof: Ut (wo)
• Yiddish: אויגוסט (yi) (oygust) m
• Yup'ik: Amirairun

male given name — see Augustus

female given name — see Augusta

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}

Anagrams

• Tausug

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Danish

Etymology

Derived from Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. A male given name. Feminine form: Augusta.

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Estonian

Etymology

Derived from Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Ago, Agu

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Ewe

Proper noun

August

1. August

Related terms

• Dasiamime

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Finnish

Etymology

Derived via Swedish, from Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of August (type risti) singular plural nominative August Augustit genitive Augustin Augustien partitive Augustia Augusteja accusative August Augustin Augustit inessive Augustissa Augusteissa elative Augustista Augusteista illative Augustiin Augusteihin adessive Augustilla Augusteilla ablative Augustilta Augusteilta allative Augustille Augusteille essive Augustina Augusteina translative Augustiksi Augusteiksi instructive – Augustein abessive Augustitta Augusteitta comitative – Augusteineen

Usage notes

• Mostly used of foreigners today, or as a middle name

Related terms

• Aku, Akusti, Aukusti, Kusti

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

August m (genitive Augusts or Augustes, Augusts or, August plural, Auguste)

1. August (month)

Synonyms

• Erntemonat
• Erntemond
• Ernting

Derived terms

• Augustabend
• Augustabende
• Augustfeier
• Augustfeiern
• Augustferien
• Augustheu
• Augustmorgen
• Augustnacht
• Augustnächte
• Augusttag
• Augusttage
• Augusttraube
• Augusttrauben
• Augustwoche
• Augustwochen
• Augustwochenende
• Augustwochenenden
• (entomology) Eichenzackenrandspanner (Eichen-Zackenrandspanner)

Proper noun

August m

1. A male given name, cognate to Augustus.

Related terms

• female given name: Augusta
• Augustana
• female given name: Auguste
• August der Starke (Friedrich August I. von Sachsen, August II. der Starke)
• augusteisch
• Augustin
• Augustine
• Augustiner
• Augustinerchorherr
• Augustinerchorherren
• Augustinerin
• Augustinerinnen
• Augustinerregel
• Augustinerregeln
• Augustinus
• Sachsenkönig August der Starke

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Luxembourgish

Proper noun

August m

1. August

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Mount am Gregorianesche Kalenner; Januar, Februar, Mäerz, Abrëll, Mee, Juni, Juli, August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember ^{(Category: lb:Months)}

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Norwegian

Etymology

Derived from Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. A male given name.

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Old Prussian

Noun

August

1. August (month)

See also

• Daggis

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Scots

Etymology

From Latin augustus (“(month) of August”).

Proper noun

August

1. August

See also

• (month): Previous: Julie. Next: September

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Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. A male given name. Feminine form: Augusta