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/, 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 (nanḥwa) Afrikaans: Augustus (af) Alabama: hasiholtina istontótchìina, Awkoska Albanian: gusht Alemannic German: August m. Alutiiq: Alagnat Iraluat Amharic: ኦገስት (am) (ogäst) Arabic: أغُسْطُسْ (’ağúʂʈuʂ) m., آبُ (āb) m. Aragonese: agosto Armenian: օգոստոս (hy) (ògostos) Asturian: agostu m. Azeri: avqust (az) Basque: abuztu (eu) Belarusian: жнівень (be) (žniven’) Bengali: অগাস্ট (bn) Bislama: ogis (bi) Bosnian: august (bs) m., avgust (bs) m. Breton: Eost (br), miz Eost Bulgarian: август (bg) (ávgust) m. Burmese: ဩဂုတ် (my) (aw:gok) Catalan: agost (ca) m. Cebuano: agosto Chinese: 八月, 8月 (bāyuè) Chuvash: çурла (śurla) Crimean Tatar: avgustos Croatian: kolovoz (hr) m. 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. Friulian: avost m. Galician: agosto m. Georgian: აგვისტო (ka) (agvisto) German: August (de) m., Ernting (de) m. Greek: Αύγουστος (el) (Ávgoustos) m. Greenlandic: Aggusti (kl) Haitian Creole: out Hawaiian: ʻAukake Hebrew: אוֹגוּסְט (ogúst') Hindi: अगस्त (hi) (agast) Hungarian: augusztus (hu) Icelandic: ágúst (is) m., ágústmánuður (is) m. Ido: agosto Indonesian: Agustus (id) Interlingua: augusto Interlingue: august Irish: Lúnasa (ga) m. Italian: agosto (it) m. Jamaican Creole: Augos, Aagos Japanese: 八月 (ja) (はちがつ, hachigatsú), 葉月 (ja) (はづき, hazuki) Javanese: agustus Kabuverdianu: Badiu and ALUPEC or ALUPEK: agostu São Vicente: agost' Kannada: ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ Kashubian: zélnik Kazakh: тамыз (kk) (tamız) Khmer: សីហា (seyhā)

Korean: 팔월 (ko) (palwol) Kurdish: gelawêj meh Latin: augustus (la) Latvian: augusts (lv) Limburgish: Augustus 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 Maltese: Awissu (mt), Awwissu (mt) Manchu: (jakūn biya) Maori: äkuhata Marathi: ऑगस्ट Montagnais: upau-pishimᵘ Navajo: Biniʼantʼą́ą́tsʼózí Neapolitan: aùsto Norwegian: august (no) Novial: auguste Occitan: agost Ojibwe: manoominike-giizis Old English: wēodmōnaþ (ang) m. Oriya: ଅଗଷ୍ଟ (or) Ossetian: август (avgust) Persian: اوت (ut) Polish: sierpień (pl) m. Portuguese: agosto (pt) m. Romanian: august (ro), (pop) gustar (ro), (pop) 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. Serbian: Cyrillic: август (sr) m. Roman: avgust m., kolovoz m. Sicilian: austu Skolt Sami: på´rǧǧmään Slovak: august (sk) m. Slovene: avgúst (sl) m. Spanish: agosto (es) m. Sundanese: august Swedish: augusti (sv) Tagalog: Agosto (tl) Tahitian: 'atete Tajik: август (tg) (avgust) Tamil: ஆகஸ்டு (ta) Tatar: august (tt) Telugu: ఆగస్టు (te) (aagasTu) Thai: สิงหาคม (síng háá khohm) Tok Pisin: ogas Tongan: 'akosi (to), ʻaokosi (to) Turkish: ağustos (tr) Ukrainian: серпень (uk) (sérpen’) Urdu: اگست (ur) Vietnamese: tháng tám, tháng 8 [八月, 8月] Volapük: gustul Võro: põimukuu Walloon: awousse Welsh: Awst (cy) m. West Frisian: augustus, rispmoanne Wolof: Ut (wo) Wolof: Ut (wo) Yiddish: אויגוסט (yi) (oygust) m.

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:Months) [edit]}

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

• audio

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Proper noun

August m.

1. August (the month)
2. A male given name, cognate to Augustus.

Related terms

• female given name: Auguste.

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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) [edit]}

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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 (the 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