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English

Etymology
Early ME. August(us), re-Latinized from OE. Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from L. Augustus#Latin|Augustus, the month of Augustus Caesar, literally "Venerable Caesar", possibly from either Old Latin *augos, increase, from Proto-Indo-European base *aug-, to increase; or Latin avis, bird, referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails, from Proto-Indo-European *awi-, bird; + Latin garrire, to chatter, from Proto-Indo-European base *gar-/*ger-, to cry, of imitative origin

Pronunciation
AHD|ôʹg�st, IPA|/���g�st/, SAMPA|/"O:g@st/
audio|en-us-August.ogg|Audio (US)

Proper noun
en-proper noun|s

1. The eighth month of the Gregorian calendar, following July and preceding September. Abbreviation: Aug or Aug.
2. given name|male derived from the Roman name.
3. given name|female of modern usage, derived from the month.

Derived terms
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august (verb)
August Bank Holiday
w:August Coup|August Coup
w:Mid-Autumn Festival|August Moon Festival
w:August Penguin|August Penguin
August plum
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w:August Putsch|August Putsch
w:August Revolution|August Revolution
August rooster
w:Operation August Storm|Operation August Storm
w:August Uprising in Georgia|August Uprising in Georgia
mid-August

Related terms
Augustal
Augustan
Augustean
augusteity
Augustin, Augustine
Augustinian
augustious
Augustus

Translations
trans-top|eighth month of the Gregorian calendar
Abkhaz: RUchar|нанҳ�а IPAchar|(nanḥwa)
Afrikaans: t+|af|Augustus|xs=Afrikaans
Alabama: hasiholtina istontótchìina, Awkoska
Albanian: gusht
Allemanic: August m
Arabic: ARchar|اغسطس|أغ�س�ط�س� unicode|(�a�ú��u�) m, ARchar|آب|آب� (�b) m
Aragonese: agosto
Armenian: Ö�Õ£Õ¸Õ½Õ¿Õ¸Õ½ (ogostos)
Asturian: agostu m
Basque: abuztu
Belarusian: жн�вен� (šniven�)
Bosnian: t-|bs|august|m, t-|bs|avgust|m
Breton: Eost, miz Eost
Bulgarian: t+|bg|авг���|m|trávgust|scCyrl
Capeverdean Crioulo:
* Badiu and ALUPEC or ALUPEK: agostu
* São Vicente: agost'
Catalan: agost m
Cebuano: agosto
Chinese: ��, 8� (b�yuè)
Chuvash, �urla (���ла)
Crimean Tatar: avgustos
Croatian: t-|hr|kolovoz|m
Czech: t-|cs|srpen|m
Danish: t+|da|august
Dutch: t+|nl|augustus
Esperanto: t-|eo|aÅ­gusto|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|august
Ewe: Dasiamime n, #Ewe|August
Faeroese: august
Finnish: t+|fi|elokuu
French: t+|fr|août|m
Fruilian: avost m
Frisian: augustus, rispmoanne
Galician: agosto m
Georgian: ������� (agvisto)
German: t+|de|August|m, t|de|Ernting|m
Greek: t+|el|��γο���ο�|m|trávɣustos|scGrek
Hebrew: ����ס�|��ֹ��ּסְ� (ogúst')
Hindi: ��स�त (agast)
Hungarian: t+|hu|augusztus
Icelandic: t+|is|ágúst
Ido: agosto
Indonesian: t-|id|Agustus|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: augusto
Interlingue: august#Interlingue|august
Irish: t+|ga|Lúnasa|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|agosto|m
Japanese: ��, 8� (����, hachigatsú)
Javanese: agustus
Kannada: ��ಸ���
Kashubian: zélnik
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Khmer: KMchar|���� (seyh�)
Korean: t+|ko|��|trparwol|scKOchar
Kurdish: gelawêj (meh
Latin: t+|la|Augustus|m
Latvian: augusts
Limburgish: Augustus
Lithuanian: t+|lt|rugpjūtis|m|xs=Lithuanian
Livonian: ougust, vīļakū
Luxembourgian: August#Luxembourgian|August
Malaysian: ogos
Maltese: t-|mt|Awissu|xsMaltese, t-|mt|Awwissu|xsMaltese
Manchu: (jakūn biya)
Maori: äkuhata
Marathi: ��स��
Neapolitan: aùsto
Norwegian: t+|no|august
Novial: auguste
Occitan: agost
Ojibwe: manoominike-giizis
Old English: t-|ang|weodmonaþ|m|altw�odm�naþ|xsOld English
Persian: FAchar|ا�ت (ut)
Polish: t+|pl|sierpie�|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|agosto|m
Romanian: t+|ro|august
Russian: t+|ru|авг���|m|trávgust|scCyrl
Sami: Northern: borgemánnu
Scottish: August
Serbian

Sicilian: austu
Slovak: t+|sk|august|m
Slovene: avgúst m
Spanish: t+|es|agosto|m
Sundanese: august
Swedish: t+|sv|augusti
Tagalog: Agosto
Tamil: ��ஸ���
Tatar: august
Telugu: ��స��� (aagasTu)
Thai: THchar|สิ�หา�ม (síng háá khohm)
Tok Pisin: ogas
Turkish: t+|tr|a�ustos
Ukrainian: �е�пен� (sérpen�)
Urdu: t-|ur|اگست|scURchar|xsUrdu
Vietnamese: tháng tám, tháng 8 [��, 8�]
Volapük: gustul
Võro: põimukuu
Walloon: awousse
Welsh: t-|cy|Awst|m|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|male given name
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trans-top|female given name
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Category:English eponyms

Ewe

Proper noun
August

1. #English|August

Related terms
Dasiamime

Category:Ewe proper nouns
Category:ee:Months

German

Proper noun
August m

1. August#English|August (the month)

Category:de:Months
Category:2000 German basic words

Old Prussian

Noun
August

1. August#English|August (the month)

See also
Daggis

Category:Old Prussian nouns
Category:prg:Months

Swedish

Proper noun
August

1. A male given name

Category:Months
Category:sv:Male given names

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