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English

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Etymology 1

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-Italic *augos, from Proto-Indo-European base *h₂ewg- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre (“to chatter”).

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

August (plural Augusts)

  2. The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
    Alternative forms: Aug, Aug., AUG, 8
    Holonyms: calendar year; year
    Comeronyms: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November, December
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
      The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: […] .
  3. (now rare) A female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).
    • 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 48:
      August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.
    • 2018, George Beahm, editor, Mark Zuckerberg: In His Own Words‎, Agate Publishing, →ISBN:
      AUGUST[ 2017]: [Mark] Zuckerberg and [Priscilla] Chan's second daughter, August, is born.
Synonyms
  • Sextilis (chiefly early Roman contexts), Sextile (early Roman contexts, now uncommon)
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

Etymology 2

In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common German given name August, from Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

  1. A male given name from Latin.
    • 1974, Witi Ihimaera, Whanau, Heinemann, page 76:
      Thirteen year old August is the eldest; he begins to pull the kite downward. Like his sister and brother, June and July, he has been named after the month in which he was born.
  2. A surname from Latin.
  3. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
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Catalan

Proper noun

August m

  1. Augustus

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

  1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Augusta

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

  1. a male given name

Ewe

Etymology

Borrowed from German August.

Proper noun

August

  1. August (month)
    Coordinate term: (native term) Dasiamime

See also

Gregorian calendar months: ɣletiwoedit

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of August: Augustsson
  • daughter of August: Augustsdóttir

Declension

More information singular, indefinite ...

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish August, from Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯ɡust/, [ˈɑ̝u̯ɡus̠t]
  • Rhymes: -ɑuɡust
  • Syllabification(key): Au‧gust
  • Hyphenation(key): Au‧gust

Proper noun

August

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

  • Now chiefly used as a middle name.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Statistics

  • August is the 519th (tied with 1 other name) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 383 male individuals (and as a middle name to 5,221 more, making it much more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 14 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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German

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin Augustus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

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

    1. August (month)
      Synonyms: (archaic) Ährenmonat; (archaic) Erntemonat; (archaic) Erntemond; (archaic) Ernting; (archaic) Sichelmonat

    Declension

    Declension of August [masculine, strong]
    More information singular, plural ...

    1Now rare, see notes.

    Coordinate terms

    Gregorian calendar months: Monate im gregorianischen Kalenderedit

    Derived terms

    • Augustabend
    • Augustfeier
    • Augustferien
    • Augustheu
    • Augustmorgen
    • Augustnacht
    • Augusttag
    • Augusttraube
    • Augustwoche
    • Augustwochenende

    Descendants

    Proper noun

    August m (proper noun, strong, genitive Augusts or August)

    1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Augusta or Auguste, equivalent to English Augustus

    Descendants

    transliterations of the German male given name August

    Further reading

    • “August” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
    • “August” in Duden online
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