augment

English

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/, SAMPA: /O:g"mEnt/
• (US) enPR: ôg-mĕntʹ IPA: /ɔɡˈmɛnt/, SAMPA: /Og"mEnt/
• IPA: /ɑɡˈmɛnt/, SAMPA: /Ag"mEnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Hyphenation: aug‧ment

Verb

augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented)

1. (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.

   The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.

2. (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
3. (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
4. (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).

Translations

to increase, make larger or supplement

Bulgarian: увеличавам (bg), прибавям (bg) Catalan: augmentar (ca) Czech: rozšířit (cs), zvětšit (cs) Dutch: vergroten (nl), verhogen (nl), aanvullen (nl) Finnish: lisätä (fi), kasvattaa (fi), laajentaa (fi) French: augmenter (fr) Italian: aumentare (it), crescere (it) Korean: 증가시키다 (ko)

Latin: accumulō (la) Lithuanian: padidinti (lt) Norwegian: øke (no) Russian: (increase/make larger) увеличивать (ru); (supplement) дополнять (ru) Spanish: aumentar (es), incrementar (es) Swedish: öka (sv) Turkish: çoğaltmak (tr), artırmak (tr)

to become greater

Catalan: augmentar (ca) Czech: nabýt (cs), vzrůst (cs), vyrůst (cs) Dutch: verhogen (nl) Finnish: kasvaa (fi), laajeta (fi)

French: s'accroître (fr), s'agrandir (fr) Italian: aumentarsi (it), accrescersi (it) Russian: увеличиваться (ru) Turkish: çoğalmak (tr), artmak (tr)

to slow the tempo or meter

Catalan: augmentar (ca) Dutch: vergroten (nl)

Finnish: augmentoida (fi), harventaa (fi) French: élargir le mouvement (fr)

to increase an interval by a half step

Catalan: augmentar (ca) Dutch: vergroten (nl)

Finnish: laajentaa (fi) French: augmenter l'intervalle (fr)

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Translations to be checked

Mandarin: 增加 (1) French: augmenter (1) German: vermehren (1), vergrößern (1) Interlingua: augmentar (1) Italian: aumentare (1)

Japanese: 増やす (fuyasu, 1), 増加する (zoukasuru, 1) Latin: augmentare (1) Portuguese: aumentar (1) Volapük: xäinön (1) Tagalog: palakihin

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

Noun

augment (plural augments)

1. (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.

Derived terms

• augmentless

Translations

grammar: prefix indicating past tense of verb

Czech: augment (cs) m. Finnish: augmentti (fi) French: augment (fr) m.

German: Augment (de) Polish: augment (pl) m.

Related terms

• auction
• augmentable
• augmentation

External links

• augment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• augment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• augment at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• mutagen

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

From Latin augmentum

Pronunciation

• IPA: /oɡ.mɑ̃/

Noun

augment m. (plural augments)

1. (mediaeval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit

   Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French.

2. (grammar) augment

   Augment syllabique, celui qui consiste dans l’addition d’une syllabe, comme ετυπτον etupton, je frappais, imparfait de τυπτω tuptó, je frappe.

   Augment temporel, celui qui consiste dans le changement d’une brève en longue, comme ωριζον ówrizon, je bornais, de οριζω orizó, je borne.

References

• "augment" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).