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augment
English
Etymology
From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).
Pronunciation
- Verb:
- (UK) IPA(key): /????m?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /???m?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
- Noun:
- (UK) IPA(key): /????m?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /???m?nt/
- Hyphenation: aug?ment
Verb
augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented)
- (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
- (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
- (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
- (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “augment”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Noun
augment (plural augments)
- (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
- (grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
- An increase.
Derived terms
- augmentless
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- augment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- augment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- augment at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- mutagen, negatum
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augmentum.
Noun
augment m (plural augments)
- increase, rise, rising
Related terms
- augmentar
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o?.m??/
Noun
augment m (plural augments)
- (medieval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
- Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French.
- (grammar) augment
- L'augment syllabique consiste en l’addition d’une syllabe ; l'augment temporel, dans le changement d’une brève en longue.
Related terms
- augmenter
Further reading
- “augment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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auger
English
Alternative forms
- augre
Etymology
From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafog?r (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-Germanic *nab?gaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????(?)/
- Rhymes: -????(?)
- Homophone: augur
Noun
auger (plural augers)
- A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231
- Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231
- A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
- A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
- A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
Translations
Verb
auger (third-person singular simple present augers, present participle augering, simple past and past participle augered)
- To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
- To proceed in the manner of an auger.
Coordinate terms
- gimlet
Derived terms
- auger in
Translations
Anagrams
- Argue, Gauer, Graue, argue, augre, rugae
French
Etymology
From auge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.?e/
Verb
auger
- to dig in order to get the shape of a trough
- to bend a piece of flat iron into the shape of a gutter, of an eavestrough
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written auge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Anagrams
- argue, argué
- urgea
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
auger
- (nonstandard form) indefinite plural of auga
- (nonstandard form) indefinite plural of auge
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