August

See also: august

English

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”).

Alternative forms

• Aug, Aug. (abbreviations)
• Aguste (obsolete)
• Augost (Jamaica)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôʹgəst, IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɡəst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɡəst/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ɡəst/

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Proper noun

August (plural Augusts)

2. The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
   • 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. A female given name from English derived from the month (rare modern usage).
   • 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.

Synonyms

• Sextilis (chiefly early Roman contexts), Sextile (early Roman contexts, now uncommon)

Derived terms

• August Bank Holiday
• August plum
• August rooster
• august (verb)
• mid-August

 

Related terms

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

 

Descendants

• Bislama: ogis
• Jamaican Creole: Augos, Aagos
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: orgas
• Tok Pisin: ogas
• → Burmese: ဩဂုတ် (au:gut)
• → Chichewa: Ogasiti
• → Dari: اگست‎ (ogast)
  • → Urdu: اگست‎ (agast)
• → Hausa: Agusta
• → Hawaiian: ʻAukake
• → Hindi: अगस्त (agast)
• → Malay: Ogos
• → Maori: Ākuhata
• → Marshallese: O̧kwōj
• → Swahili: Agosti
• → Tokelauan: Aukuho
• → Tongan: ʻAokosi

Translations

eighth month of the Gregorian calendar

• Abaza: август (avgust)
• Abkhaz: нанҳәа (nanḥʷa)
• Adyghe: шышъхьэӏу (šəŝḥɛʷʼu)
• Afrikaans: Augustus (af)
• Alabama: hasiholtina istontótchìina, Awkoska
• Albanian: gusht m, djegagur
• Alemannic German: August m
• Alutiiq: Alagnat Iraluat
• Amharic: ኦገስት (ʾogäst)
• Apache:

  Western Apache: Binestʼántsʼǭǭsé

• Arabic: أَغُسْطُسْ‎ m (ʔaḡusṭus), آبُ‎ (ar) m (ʔābu)

  Hijazi Arabic: أوقست‎ m (ʼōgast), أغُسْطُس‎ m (ʼuḡusṭus, ʼaḡusṭus)

• Aragonese: agosto (an) m
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܒ‎ m (āb), ܛܲܒܵܚ‎ m (ṭabbāḥ), ܐܵܓ݂ܘܼܣܛܘܿܣ‎ m (āḡusṭos)

  Classical Syriac: ܐܒܝ‎, ܐܒ‎

• Armenian: օգոստոս (hy) (ōgostos)

  Old Armenian: օգոստոս (ōgostos)

• Aromanian: avgustu, agustu (roa-rup)
• Asturian: agostu (ast) m
• Atikamekw: Otatakon pisimw
• Azerbaijani: avqust (az)
• Bashkir: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: abuztu (eu)
• Belarusian: жні́вень (be) m (žnívjenʹ)
• Bengali: অগাস্ট (bn) (ogasṭ)
• Bislama: ogis
• Brahui: Agast
• Breton: Eost (br), miz Eost
• Bulgarian: а́вгуст (bg) m (ávgust)
• Burmese: ဩဂုတ် (my) (au:gut), ရှစ်လ (hracla.)
• Catalan: agost (ca) m
• Cebuano: agosto
• Central Dusun: Magus
• Central Franconian: Aujuss
• Chechen: Марсхьокху-бутт (Marsḥʳoqu-butt)
• Cherokee: ᎦᎶᏂ (galoni)
• Chichewa: Ogasiti
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 八月 (baat³ jyut⁶)

  Dungan: байүә (bayüə)

  Hakka: 八月 (pat-ngie̍t)

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

  Min Nan: 八月 (peh-go̍eh, peh-ge̍h, peh-gōe, poeh-go̍eh, poeh-ge̍h, poeh-gōe)

• Chukchi: ӈэтйъилгын (ṇėtjʺilgyn), ӈэтйъиԓгын (ṇėtjʺiḷgyn)
• Chuvash: ҫурла (śurla)
• Coptic: ⲁⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ (augoustos)
• Corsican: aostu (co)
• Crimean Tatar: avgustos
• Czech: srpen (cs) m
• Dakota: Wiišahdoǧaŋ
• Danish: august (da) c
• Dhivehi: އޮގަސްޓު‎ (ogasṭu)
• Dutch: augustus (nl) m
• Dzongkha: སྤྱི་ཟླ་བརྒྱད་པ། (Spyi zla brgyad pa.)
• Erzya: умарьков (umaŕkov)
• Esperanto: aŭgusto (eo), Aŭgusto
• Estonian: august (et)
• Ewe: Dasiamime, August
• Faroese: august
• Fijian: Okosita
• Finnish: elokuu (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: oût m
• French: août (fr) m, aout (fr) m
• Friulian: Avost m
• Galician: agosto (gl) m
• Georgian: აგვისტო (ka) (agvisṭo)
• German: August (de) m, Ernting (de) m
• Gilbertese: Aokati
• Greek: Αύγουστος (el) m (Ávgoustos)

  Ancient: Αὔγουστος m (Aúgoustos)

• Greenlandic: aggusti, aggustusi
• Haitian Creole: out
• Hausa: Agusta (ha)
• Hawaiian: ʻAukake
• Hebrew: אוגוסט \ אוֹגוּסְט‎ (he) m (ogúst)
• Hindi: अगस्त (hi) m (agast)
• Hungarian: augusztus (hu)
• Icelandic: ágúst (is) m, ágústmánuður m
• Ido: agosto (io)
• Indonesian: Agustus (id)
• Interlingua: augusto (ia)
• Inuktitut: ᐋᒡᒋᓯ (aaccisi)
• Inupiaq: Amiġaiqsivik, Tiŋŋivik
• 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
• Kabuverdianu: agostu

  ALUPEC: agostu

  Badiu: agostu

  São Vicente: agost'

• Kambera: wulang walu
• Kannada: ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ (āgasṭ)
• Kapampangan: Pángawalûng búlan, Ogustu/Augustu
• Kashubian: zélnik (csb)
• Kazakh: тамыз (kk) (tamyz)
• Khmer: សីហា (km) (səyhaa)
• Kikuyu: Mworia Nyoni
• Komi-Permyak: август (avgust)
• Kongo: auti
• Korean: 팔월(八月) (ko) (parwol)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gelawêj meh

• Kyrgyz: август (ky) (avgust)
• Ladin: aost, agost
• Lao: ເດືອນສິງຫາ (dư̄an sing hā)
• Latin: augustus (la), sextilis m or f
• Latvian: augusts
• Lezgi: пахун (paχun)
• Limburgish: Augustus (li)
• Lingala: augústo
• Lithuanian: rugpjūtis (lt) m
• Livonian: ougust, vīļakū
• Low German: August (nds) m, Augustmaand m
• Luxembourgish: August (lb) m, Karschnatz (lb) m
• Macedonian: август (mk) m (avgust)
• Malagasy: Aogositra (mg)
• Malay:

  Jawi: اوݢوس‎ (ms)

  Rumi: Ogos (ms)

• Malayalam: ഓഗസ്റ്റ് (ml) (ōgasṟṟŭ)
• Maltese: Awissu, Awwissu (mt) m
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ
  ᠪᡳ᠍ᠶᠠ (jakūn biya)
• Maori: Ākuhata (mi)
• Marathi: ऑगस्ट (ŏgasṭa)
• Marshallese: O̧kwōj
• Mingrelian: მარაშინათუთა (marašinatuta), არგუსო (arguso), არგუსო (arguso)
• Mirandese: Agosto m
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: наймдугаар сар (najmdugaar sar)

• Montagnais: upau-pishimᵘ
• Mòcheno: agst m
• Navajo: Biniʼantʼą́ą́tsʼózí
• Neapolitan: austo
• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: august m

  Mooring: beeridmoune m, august

• Northern Sami: borgemánnu
• Northern Sotho: Phato
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: august (no) m

  Nynorsk: august (nn) m

• Occitan: agost (oc) m
• Ojibwe: manoominike-giizis
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: заревъ m (zarevŭ)

• Old English: wēodmōnaþ m
• Oriya: ଅଗଷ୍ଟ (ôgôṣṭô)
• Oromo: Haggaya
• Ossetian: август (avgust)
• Pashto: اګست‎ m (ágəst)
• Pennsylvania German: Aaguscht
• Persian: اوت‎ (fa) (ut), آگست‎ (âgost)
• Punjabi: ਅਗਸਤ (pa) m (agasat)
• Plautdietsch: August (nds) m
• Polish: sierpień (pl) m
• Pontic Greek: Αύγουστος (Ávgoustos)
• Portuguese: agosto (pt) m
• Romanian: august (ro), ^{(please verify)} gustar popular, măsălar popular
• Romansch: avost m, avuost m, avust m, uost m
• Russian: а́вгуст (ru) m (ávgust)
• Samoan: aokuso
• Sardinian: agustu, austu
• Saterland Frisian: August
• Scots: August
• Scottish Gaelic: Lùnastal m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: август m, аугуст m

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

• Shona: Nyamavhuvhu
• Sicilian: austu (scn) m
• Sinhalese: අගෝස්තු (si) (agōstu)
• Skolt Sami: påʹrǧǧmään
• Slovak: august (sk) m
• Slovene: avgúst (sl) m
• Spanish: agosto (es) m
• Sundanese: august
• Swazi: íNgci (ss)
• Swedish: augusti (sv) c
• Tagalog: Agosto (tl)
• Tahitian: 'atete
• Tajik: август (tg) (avgust)
• Tamil: ஆகஸ்டு (ākasṭu)
• Tatar: август (awgust)
• Telugu: ఆగస్టు (āgasṭu)
• Thai: สิงหาคม (th) (sǐng-hǎa-kom)
• Tok Pisin: ogas
• Tongan: ʻAokosi
• Turkish: ağustos (tr), orakayı (tr), bozaran (tr), harman ayı, cırcır (tr)
• Turkmen: awgust (tk)
• Tuvan: сес ай (ses ay)
• Udmurt: гудырикошкон (gudyrikoškon)
• Ukrainian: се́рпень (uk) (sérpenʹ)
• Urdu: اگست‎ (ur) m (agast)
• Uyghur: ئاۋغۇست‎ (awghust), سەككىزىنچى ئاي‎ (sekkizinchi ay)
• Uzbek: avgust (uz)
• Venetian: agosto (vec)
• Vietnamese: tháng tám (vi)
• Volapük: gustul (vo)
• Võro: põimukuu
• Walloon: awousse (wa)
• Welsh: Awst (cy) m
• West Frisian: augustus (fy), rispmoanne (fy)
• Winnebago: Watajox hii wiira
• Wolof: Ut
• Yakut: Атырдьах ыйа (Atırjaq ıya)
• Yiddish: אויגוסט‎ (yi) m (oygust)
• Yup'ik: Amirairun
• Zazaki: awustose, tebaxe (diq)
• Zuni:

  Olo'ik'yana: Idew'a

  Onan: U'la'k'yakwamme

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)}

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.

Translations

male given name — see Augustus

Anagrams

• Tausug

Catalan

Proper noun

August m

1. Augustus

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. a male given name. Feminine form: Augusta

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Ago, Agu

Ewe

Proper noun

August

1. August (month)

Related terms

• Dasiamime

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

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	August
Accusative	August
Dative	Augusti
Genitive	Augusts

Finnish

Etymology

Derived via Swedish, from Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

August

1. a male given name

Usage notes

• Now chiefly used as a middle name.

Declension

Inflection of August (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		August	Augustit
genitive		Augustin	Augustien
partitive		Augustia	Augusteja
illative		Augustiin	Augusteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		August	Augustit
accusative	nom.	August	Augustit
	gen.	Augustin
genitive		Augustin	Augustien
partitive		Augustia	Augusteja
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		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of August (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Augustini Augustini accusative nom. Augustini Augustini gen. Augustini genitive Augustini Augustieni partitive Augustiani Augustejani inessive Augustissani Augusteissani elative Augustistani Augusteistani illative Augustiini Augusteihini adessive Augustillani Augusteillani ablative Augustiltani Augusteiltani allative Augustilleni Augusteilleni essive Augustinani Augusteinani translative Augustikseni Augusteikseni instructive — — abessive Augustittani Augusteittani comitative — Augusteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Augustisi Augustisi accusative nom. Augustisi Augustisi gen. Augustisi genitive Augustisi Augustiesi partitive Augustiasi Augustejasi inessive Augustissasi Augusteissasi elative Augustistasi Augusteistasi illative Augustiisi Augusteihisi adessive Augustillasi Augusteillasi ablative Augustiltasi Augusteiltasi allative Augustillesi Augusteillesi essive Augustinasi Augusteinasi translative Augustiksesi Augusteiksesi instructive — — abessive Augustittasi Augusteittasi comitative — Augusteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Augustimme Augustimme accusative nom. Augustimme Augustimme gen. Augustimme genitive Augustimme Augustiemme partitive Augustiamme Augustejamme inessive Augustissamme Augusteissamme elative Augustistamme Augusteistamme illative Augustiimme Augusteihimme adessive Augustillamme Augusteillamme ablative Augustiltamme Augusteiltamme allative Augustillemme Augusteillemme essive Augustinamme Augusteinamme translative Augustiksemme Augusteiksemme instructive — — abessive Augustittamme Augusteittamme comitative — Augusteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Augustinne Augustinne accusative nom. Augustinne Augustinne gen. Augustinne genitive Augustinne Augustienne partitive Augustianne Augustejanne inessive Augustissanne Augusteissanne elative Augustistanne Augusteistanne illative Augustiinne Augusteihinne adessive Augustillanne Augusteillanne ablative Augustiltanne Augusteiltanne allative Augustillenne Augusteillenne essive Augustinanne Augusteinanne translative Augustiksenne Augusteiksenne instructive — — abessive Augustittanne Augusteittanne comitative — Augusteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Augustinsa Augustinsa accusative nom. Augustinsa Augustinsa gen. Augustinsa genitive Augustinsa Augustiensa partitive Augustiaan Augustiansa Augustejaan Augustejansa inessive Augustissaan Augustissansa Augusteissaan Augusteissansa elative Augustistaan Augustistansa Augusteistaan Augusteistansa illative Augustiinsa Augusteihinsa adessive Augustillaan Augustillansa Augusteillaan Augusteillansa ablative Augustiltaan Augustiltansa Augusteiltaan Augusteiltansa allative Augustilleen Augustillensa Augusteilleen Augusteillensa essive Augustinaan Augustinansa Augusteinaan Augusteinansa translative Augustikseen Augustiksensa Augusteikseen Augusteiksensa instructive — — abessive Augustittaan Augustittansa Augusteittaan Augusteittansa comitative — Augusteineen Augusteinensa

Related terms

• Aku, Akusti, Aukusti, Kusti

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊ̯ˈɡʊst/ (month)
• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯ɡʊst/ (given name)

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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]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	August	die	Auguste
genitive	eines	des	August, Augusts, Augustes	der	Auguste
dative	einem	dem	August, Auguste1	den	Augusten
accusative	einen	den	August	die	Auguste

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Derived terms

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

 

Descendants

• → Estonian: august
• → Luxembourgish: August

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Monat im gregorianischen Kalender (Gregorianischen Kalender);
  
• Januar / Jänner, Februar / Feber, März, April, Mai, Juni (Juno), Juli (Julei), August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember
  
• Hartung, Hornung, Lenzing, Launing / Ostermond / Ostermonat, Wonnemond, Brachet, Heuert / Heumonat, Ernting / Erntemond / Erntemonat, Scheiding, Gilbhart, Nebelung, Julmond ^{(Category: de:Months)}

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

Related terms

• Augustana
• augusteisch
• Augustin
• Augustine
• Augustiner
• Augustinerin
• augustinisch
• Augustinus

 

Descendants

transliterations of the German male given name August

• Armenian: Ավգուստ (Avgust)
• Russian: А́вгуст (Ávgust)

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German August.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑʊ̯ˈɡust]

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)}

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. a male given name

See also

• august

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

1. a male given name

See also

• august

Plautdietsch

Noun

August m

1. August (month)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡust/
• Rhymes: -awɡust
• Syllabification: Au‧gust

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August m pers (feminine Augusta)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Augustus

Declension

Declension of August

	singular	plural
nominative	August	Augustowie
genitive	Augusta	Augustów
dative	Augustowi	Augustom
accusative	Augusta	Augustów
instrumental	Augustem	Augustami
locative	Auguście	Augustach
vocative	Auguście	Augustowie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

August f

1. genitive plural of Augusta

Further reading

• August in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• August in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

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.

Proper noun

August

1. August (month)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Januar, Februar, Mairch, Apryle, Mey, Juin, Julie, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: sco:Gregorian calendar months)}

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August c (genitive Augusts)

1. a male given name. Feminine form: Augusta

See also

• augusti