August

august English <dab!> 1 right 260 An allegory of the month of August(112336).jpg An Allegory of the Month of August by Flemish painter Peter Snayers (17th century) Shravan Purnima Festival (RAJ 6410).jpg August corresponds with the Hindu lunar month of Shravana, perfectly aligning with the peak of the South Asian monsoon months. Across India, it is a deeply spiritual time when devotees fetch holy water. Etymology 1 en month :der enm:August<ety:der<ang:Augustus>> 1 Early en enm August August(us), re-Latinized from en ang Agustus, from la-lat Agustus, from en la augustus month of August, from the agnomen la Augustus venerable of Augustus Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin itc-ola *augos increase, from en itc-pro *augos, from en ine-pro - base ine-pro *h₂ewg- to increase; or la avis bird, referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + la garrio garrīre to chatter. en august Augustus. Alternative forms en Aug Aug. AUG abbreviation en Aguste obsolete en Augost Jamaica Pronunciation ôʹgəst RP, en /ˈɔː.ɡəst/ en /ˈɔ.ɡəst/ /ˈɔ.ɡɪst/ GA en /ˈɑ.ɡəst/ cot-caught en en-us-August.ogg GA en en-au-august.ogg AU Proper noun s en Q122 The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September. en Aug<id:Q122> Aug.<id:Q122> AUG<id:Q122> mul:8<id:Q122> en Eighth Month Quakerism en calendar year<id:Q3186692> ; year<id:Q577> en January<id:Q108> February<id:Q109> March<id:Q110> April<id:Q118> May<id:Q119> June<id:Q120> July<id:Q121> September<id:Q123> October<id:Q124> November<id:Q125> December<id:Q126> 8 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:. en John Towfighi Copper prices have surged to record highs — and they could jump higher. Here’s why w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/investing/copper-prices-us-market-tariffs 2025-07-17 Trump’s July 8 announcement of a 50% tariff on copper imports beginning August 1 sent prices surging 13% in one day, up to a record high of $5.69 per pound. https://web.archive.org/web/20250817181320/https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/investing/copper-prices-us-market-tariffs en now rare en female English derived from the month (of birth). en 1993 w:Margaret Atwood Robber Bride 48 Virago Press 2013 9781853817229 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. en 2018 George Beahm Mark Zuckerberg: In His Own Words Agate Publishing https://books.google.com/books?id=i0JwDwAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA2024&dq=%22August+Zuckerberg%22&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22August%20Zuckerberg%22&f=false 9781572848283 AUGUST[ 2017]: [Mark] Zuckerberg and [Priscilla] Chan's second daughter, August, is born. Synonyms en Sextilis chiefly early Roman contexts, en Sextile early Roman contexts, now uncommon Derived terms en august<pos:verb> August Bank Holiday Augusty August plum August rooster Gule of August mid-August Related terms en Augustal Augustan Augustean augusteity Augustin Augustine Augustinian augustious Augustus Austin Descendants bi ogis jam Augos Aagos pih orgas tpi ogas my ဩဂုတ် 1 ny Ogasiti 1 cho Akʋs 1 prs اگست ogast 1 ha Agusta 1 haw ʻAukake 1 hi अगस्त 1 ms Ogos 1 mi Ākuhata 1 mh O̧kwōj 1 mkj oahkes 1 pon Ahkos 1 sm Aokuso 1 sw Agosti 1 shi Ɣuct 1 tkl Aukuho 1 to ʻAokosi 1 Translations eighth month of the Gregorian calendar Abaza: abq август Abkhaz: ab нанҳәа Afrikaans: af Augustus Alabama: akz hasiholtina istontótchìina, akz Awkoska Albanian: sq gusht m, sq djegagur Alutiiq: ems Alagnat Iraluat Amharic: am ኦገስት Apache: Western Apache: apw Binestʼántsʼǭǭsé Arabic: ar أَغُسْطُس m, ar آب m Hijazi Arabic: acw أوقست m ʔōgast, acw أغُسْطُس m ʔuḡusṭus, ʔaḡusṭus Moroccan Arabic: ary غشت m ḡušt Tunisian Arabic: aeb أوت m ʔūt Aragonese: an agosto m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܵܒ āb m, aii ܛܲܒܵܚ ṭabbāḥ m, aii ܐܵܓ݂ܘܼܣܛܘܿܣ āḡusṭos m Classical Syriac: syc ܐܒܝ, syc ܐܒ Armenian: hy օգոստոս Old Armenian: xcl օգոստոս Aromanian: rup avgustu, rup agustu Asturian: ast agostu m Azerbaijani: az avqust Bashkir: ba Basque: eu abuztu Belarusian: be жні́вень m Bengali: bn অগাস্ট Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Agosto Bislama: bi ogis Brahui: brh Agast Breton: br Eost, br miz Eost Bulgarian: bg а́вгуст m Burmese: my ဩဂုတ်, my ရှစ်လ Catalan: ca agost m Cebuano: ceb Agosto Chechen: ce Марсхьокху-бутт Cherokee: chr ᎦᎶᏂ Chichewa: ny Ogasiti Chinese: Cantonese: yue 八月 baat3 jyut6 Dungan: dng байүә Hakka: hak 八月 pat-ngie̍t Hokkien: nan-hbl 八月 peh-go̍eh, peh-ge̍h, peh-gōe, poeh-go̍eh, poeh-ge̍h, poeh-gōe Mandarin: cmn 八月, cmn 8月 bāyuè Choctaw: cho Akʋs Chukchi: ckt ӈэтйъилгын ṇėtjʺilgyn, ckt ӈэтйъиԓгын ṇėtjʺiḷgyn Chuvash: cv ҫурла Circassian: West Circassian: ady шышъхьэӏу Coptic: cop ⲁⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ Cornish: kw Est m Corsican: co aostu Cree: Atikamekw: atj Otatakon pisimw Montagnais: moe upau-pishimᵘ Crimean Tatar: crh avgustos, crh avgust, crh arman ayı Czech: cs srpen m Dakota: dak Wiišahdoǧaŋ Danish: da august c Dhivehi: dv އޮގަސްޓު Dusun: Central Dusun: dtp Magus Dutch: nl augustus m Old Dutch: odt aranmānoth Dzongkha: dz སྤྱི་ཟླ་བརྒྱད་པ། Emilian: egl agåsst m Erzya: myv умарьков Esperanto: eo aŭgusto, eo Aŭgusto Estonian: et august Ewe: ee Dasiamime, ee August Extremaduran: ext abostu m, ext agostu m Faroese: fo august Fijian: fj Okosita Finnish: fi elokuu Franco-Provençal: frp oût m French: fr août m, fr aout m Frisian: North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: frr august m Mooring: frr beeridmoune m, frr august Saterland Frisian: stq August West Frisian: fy augustus, fy rispmoanne Friulian: fur Avost m Galician: gl agosto m Georgian: ka აგვისტო German: de August m, de Ernting m Alemannic German: gsw August m Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Aujuss Gilbertese: gil Aokati Greek: el Αύγουστος m Ancient Greek: grc Αὔγουστος m Pontic Greek: pnt Αύγουστος Greenlandic: kl aggusti, kl aggustusi Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug jasypoapy Haitian Creole: ht out Hanunoo: hnn Agusto Hausa: ha Agusta Hawaiian: haw ʻAukake Hebrew: he אוגוסט m ogúst אוגוסט \ אוֹגוּסְט Hindi: hi अगस्त m Hungarian: hu augusztus Icelandic: is ágúst m, is ágústmánuður m Ido: io agosto Indonesian: id Agustus Interlingua: ia augusto Inuktitut: iu ᐋᒡᒋᓯ Inupiaq: ik Amiġaiqsivik, ik Tiŋŋivik Irish: ga Lúnasa m Italian: it agosto m Jamaican Creole: jam Augos, jam Aagos Japanese: ja 八月 はちがつ, hachigatsu, ja 葉月 はづき, hazuki Javanese: jv Agustus Kabuverdianu: kea agostu ALUPEC: agostu Badiu: agostu São Vicente: agost' Kambera: xbr wulang walu Kannada: kn ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ Kapampangan: pam Pángawalûng búlan, pam Ogustu/Augustu Kashubian: csb zélnik Kazakh: kk тамыз Khmer: km សីហា Kikuyu: ki Mworia Nyoni Komi: Komi-Permyak: koi август Kongo: kg auti Korean: ko 팔월(八月) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ئاب Northern Kurdish: kmr gelawêj meh Kyrgyz: ky август Ladin: lld aost, lld agost Lao: lo ເດືອນສິງຫາ Latin: la augustus, la sextilis m f Latvian: lv augusts Lezgi: lez пахун Limburgish: li Augustus Lingala: ln augústo Lithuanian: lt rugpjūtis m Livonian: liv ougust, liv vīļakū Low German: nds August m, nds Augustmaand m Luxembourgish: lb August m, lb Karschnatz m Macedonian: mk август m Malagasy: mg Aogositra Malay: Jawi: ms اوݢوس Rumi: ms Ogos Malayalam: ml ഓഗസ്റ്റ് Maltese: mt Awissu, mt Awwissu m Manchu: mnc ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ ᠪᡳ᠍ᠶᠠ Māori: mi Ākuhata Marathi: mr ऑगस्ट Marshallese: mh O̧kwōj Mauritian Creole: mfe out Mingrelian: xmf მარაშინათუთა, xmf არგუსო, xmf არგუსო Mirandese: mwl Agosto m Mòcheno: mhn agst m Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn наймдугаар сар Navajo: nv Biniʼantʼą́ą́tsʼózí Neapolitan: nap aùsto Northern Sotho: nso Phato Norwegian: Bokmål: nb august m Nynorsk: nn august m Occitan: oc agost m Odia: or ଅଗଷ୍ଟ Ojibwe: oj manoominike-giizis Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu заревъ m Old English: ang wēodmōnaþ m Oromo: om Hagayya Ossetian: os август Pannonian Rusyn: rsk авґуст m Pashto: ps اګست m ágəst Pennsylvania German: pdc Aaguscht Persian: Dari: prs اَگَسْت Iranian Persian: fa-ira اوت Plautdietsch: pdt August m Pohnpeian: pon Ahkos, pon Oakos Polish: pl sierpień m Portuguese: pt agosto m Punjabi: pa ਅਗਸਤ m Rapa Nui: rap Hora 'Iti Réunion Creole French: rcf aout Romanian: ro august, ro gustar popular, ro măsălar popular Romansh: rm avost m, rm avuost m, rm avust m, rm uost m Russian: ru а́вгуст m Sami: Kildin Sami: sjd поаррькма̄нн Northern Sami: se borgemánnu Skolt Sami: sms påʹrǧǧmään Samoan: sm aokuso Sardinian: sc agustu, sc austu Scots: sco August Scottish Gaelic: gd Lùnastal m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh август m, sh аугуст m Latin: sh avgust m, sh august m, sh kolovoz m Croatia Shona: sn Nyamavhuvhu Sicilian: scn austu m Sinhalese: si අගෝස්තු Slovak: sk august m Slovene: sl avgúst m Southern Altai: alt август Spanish: es agosto m Sundanese: su Agustus Swahili: sw Agosti Swazi: ss íNgci Swedish: sv augusti c Tagalog: tl Agosto Tahitian: ty 'atete Tajik: tg август Tamil: ta ஆகஸ்டு Tatar: tt август Telugu: te ఆగస్టు Tetum: tet agostu Thai: th สิงหาคม Tok Pisin: tpi ogas Tokelauan: tkl Aukuho Tongan: to ʻAokosi Turkish: tr ağustos, tr orakayı, tr bozaran, tr harman ayı, tr cırcır Turkmen: tk awgust Tuvan: tyv сес ай Udmurt: udm гудырикошкон Ukrainian: uk се́рпень, uk а́вгуст m Urdu: ur اَگَسْت m Uyghur: ug ئاۋغۇست, ug سەككىزىنچى ئاي Uzbek: uz avgust Vai: vai ꖺꗝꖬ Ɔ́gɔ́su Venetan: vec agosto Vietnamese: vi tháng tám Volapük: vo gustul Võro: vro põimukuu Walloon: wa awousse Welsh: cy Awst m Winnebago: win Watajox hii wiira Wolof: wo Ut Yaghnobi: yai август Yakut: sah Атырдьах ыйа Yazghulami: yah ав̌гәст Yiddish: yi אויגוסט m Yup'ik: esu Amirairun Zazaki: zza awustose, zza tebaxe Zulu: zu uNcwaba, zu uAgasti Zuni: Olo'ik'yana: zun Idew'a Onan: zun U'la'k'yakwamme female given name Augusta See also Etymology 2 en name In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common en de - given name de August, from en la Augustus. Proper noun en male Latin. en 1974 w:Witi Ihimaera Whanau Heinemann 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. en Latin. en CDP co/San Joaquin County s/California c/US. Translations male given name Augustus Anagrams en agstuu Tausug en eponyms heteronyms unisex given names en Months Catalan Proper noun m Augustus Danish Etymology From da la Augustus. Proper noun da male Augusta Estonian Etymology From et la Augustus. Proper noun et proper noun et male Related terms et Ago, et Agu Ewe Etymology ee de August. Proper noun ee proper nouns en August month ee Dasiamime<q:native term> See also Faroese Etymology From fo la Augustus. Proper noun fo proper noun m fo male Usage notes m Augustsson Augustsdóttir Declension August August Augusti Augusts Finnish Etymology From fi sv August, from fi la Augustus. Pronunciation Proper noun fi male Usage notes Now chiefly used as a middle name. Declension August a 0 Related terms fi Aku, fi Akusti, fi Aukusti, fi Kusti Statistics dvv_20250813 477 5483 486 10 References German de: Alternative forms de Aug. abbreviation Etymology de :lbor la:Augustus<id:eighth month> eighth month + Pronunciation de /aʊ̯ˈɡʊst/ month de De-August.ogg de De-August2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de /ˈaʊ̯ɡʊst/ given name de De-August3.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,-:s:es de August Q122 de Ährenmonat<q:archaic> ; Erntemonat<q:archaic> ; Erntemond<q:archaic> ; Ernting<q:archaic> ; Sichelmonat<q:archaic> Declension m,-:s:es Coordinate terms Derived terms de Augustabend Augustfeier Augustferien Augustheu Augustmorgen Augustnacht Augusttag Augusttraube Augustwoche Augustwochenende Descendants et august 1 he אוֹגוּסְט ogúst 1 hrx August 1 csb agùst 1 lb August 1 sl avgúst 1 zlw-slv aughúst 1 wen - 1 dsb awgust hsb awgust Proper noun m,(s) de male Augustus Augusta,Auguste Related terms de Augustana augusteisch Augustin Augustine Augustiner Augustinerin augustinisch Augustinus Descendants 2 transliterations of the German male given name August hy Ավգուստ Armn ru А́вгуст Further reading August_Clown_Spaszmacher_dummer August Hunsrik Alternative forms hrx Aagust Etymology hrx :bor de:August<id:eighth month> eighth month +15 1 hrx Aagust. Pronunciation Noun m August en August See also Proper noun m hrx male Augustus References Luxembourgish Etymology From lb de August. Pronunciation lb [ɑʊ̯ˈɡust] Proper noun lb proper noun m en August See also North Frisian Alternative forms frr august Föhr-Amrum Mooring Etymology Ultimately from frr la augustus. Noun frr noun m frr Sylt en August frr Bārichtmuun frr Months Time Norwegian Bokmål August (name),no:August (navn) Etymology A shortened form of nb la Augustus, from la augustus venerable, majestic, exalted. The Latin adjective is traditionally connected with la augeō to increase, enlarge, ultimately from nb ine-pro *h₂ewg- to increase, grow. Compare nn August, da August, sv August, is Ágúst, de August and fi Aukusti. Pronunciation nb /æʉˈɡʉst/ nb ʉst 2 nb Au gust Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Latin Related terms nb Augusta female given name nb Auguste female given name nb Augustin male given name nb Augustinus male given name nb Augustus male given name nb august August, the eighth month References “August” in Store norske leksikon “August” at Nordic Names Norwegian Nynorsk Etymology From nn la Augustus. Proper noun nn proper noun nn male See also nn august Plautdietsch Noun pdt proper noun m en August (month) pdt Months Polish pl:+ Pronunciation Etymology 1 pl :lbor la:Augustus<id:emperor> + + Proper noun m-pr Augusta pl male Latin Augustus Declension Augustowie Etymology 2 pl 1 Proper noun pl proper noun form f pl Augusta gen p Further reading Scots Etymology Early sco enm August August(us), re-Latinized from sco ang Agustus, from la-lat Agustus, from sco la augustus month of August, from the agnomen la Augustus venerable of Augustus Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus. Proper noun en August (month) See also sco Months Slovak Alternative forms sk Gusto Etymology sk :from Augustín 1 1 Pronunciation a+ugust Proper noun m-pr hypocoristic form of sk Augustín Declension m-pr name Further reading Swedish sv: Etymology From sv la Augustus. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-August.wav Proper noun c sv male Augusta See also sv augusti