August

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US name /ˈɔ.ɡəst/ adj /ɔˈɡʌst/ UK name /ˈɔː.ɡəst/ adj /ɔːˈɡʌst/ See IPA manual

Freq #3549

Meanings

1

name
The eighth month of the year, after July and before September.

US /ˈɔ.ɡəst/ UK /ˈɔː.ɡəst/

We're going on holiday in August.
2

adj
Impressive and deserving great respect.

US /ɔˈɡʌst/ UK /ɔːˈɡʌst/

The ceremony took place in the august surroundings of the cathedral.

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Synonyms

2 adj · impressive and deserving... revered venerable

Word family

Forms augusts

Derived forms augustlyaugustnessunaugust

Related forms auction augmentaugustineaugustinian

Simplified etymology

August is named after the Roman emperor Augustus. According to the source, its addition to the Roman calendar alongside July in the 1st century BC helped move October from the eighth month to the tenth.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Latin augustus Latin Augustusder. Old English Augustusder. Middle English Augustder. English 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, singin…

*h₂ewg- Proto-Indo-European August Middle English Agustus Old English augustus Latin *augos Proto-Italic

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# August

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** name, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɔ.ɡəst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɔː.ɡəst/
**Frequency rank:** 3549

## Meanings
1. The eighth month of the year, after July and before September.
2. Impressive and deserving great respect.

## Examples
- We're going on holiday in August.
- The ceremony took place in the august surroundings of the cathedral.

## Derived Forms
- augustly
- augustness
- unaugust

## Related Forms
- auction
- augment
- augustine
- augustinian

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂ewg-
- Root: August
- Root: Agustus
- Root: augustus
- Root: *augos

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Latin augustus Latin Augustusder. Old English Augustusder. Middle English Augustder. English 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, singin…

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