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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

August (plural Augusts)

  1. 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: [] .
  2. 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
Descendants
Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

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

Ewe

Proper noun

August

  1. August (month)

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

From Swedish August, 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
abessive Augustitta Augusteitta
instructive Augustein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of August (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
abessive Augustittani Augusteittani
instructive
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
abessive Augustittasi Augusteittasi
instructive
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
abessive Augustittamme Augusteittamme
instructive
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
abessive Augustittanne Augusteittanne
instructive
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
abessive Augustittaan
Augustittansa
Augusteittaan
Augusteittansa
instructive
comitative Augusteineen
Augusteinensa

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.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

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

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

See also

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

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German August.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯kuʃt/
  • Hyphenation: Au‧gust

Noun

August m (nominative plural August)

  1. August

Declension

See also

Proper noun

August m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Augustus

Declension

References

  1. Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “August”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 15

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German August.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑʊ̯ˈɡust]

Proper noun

August m

  1. August

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

  1. a male given name

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Proper noun

August

  1. a male given name

See also

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 (female equivalent Augusta)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Augustus
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

August f

  1. genitive plural of Augusta

Further reading

  • 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

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

August c (genitive Augusts)

  1. a male given name. Feminine form: Augusta

See also

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