August

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”).

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

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

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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.

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

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}

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

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.

• Tausug

August m

1. Augustus

From Latin Augustus.

August

1. a male given name. Feminine form: Augusta

From Latin Augustus.

August

1. a male given name

• Ago, Agu

August

1. August (month)

• Dasiamime

From Latin Augustus.

August m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

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

From Swedish August, from Latin Augustus.

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

August

1. a male given name

• Now chiefly used as a middle name.

• Aku, Akusti, Aukusti, Kusti

• August is the 519^th (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.

Borrowed from Latin Augustus.

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

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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

• → Estonian: august
• → Kashubian: august
• → Luxembourgish: August

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

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

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

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

• Aaugust

Borrowed from German August.[1]

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

August m (nominative plural August)

1. August

• (Gregorian calendar months) Monate im gregorianicher Kalenner; Januer, Februer, Merz, April, Maai, Juni, Juli, Aaugust/August, September, Oktover, November, Dezember ^{(Categories: hrx:Gregorian calendar months, hrx:Months)}

August m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Augustus

From German August.

• IPA^(key): [ɑʊ̯ˈɡust]

August m

1. August

• (Gregorian calendar months) Mount am Gregorianesche Kalenner; Januar, Februar, Mäerz, Abrëll, Mee, Juni, Juli, August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember ^{(Category: lb:Months)}

From Latin Augustus.

August

1. a male given name

• august

From Latin Augustus.

August

1. a male given name

• august

August m

1. August (month)

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

Borrowed from Latin Augustus.

August m pers (female equivalent Augusta)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Augustus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

August f

1. genitive plural of Augusta

• August in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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.

August

1. August (month)

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

From Latin Augustus.

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August c (genitive Augusts)

1. a male given name. Feminine form: Augusta

• augusti