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august
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?????st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?????st/, /?-/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Hyphenation: au?gust
Etymology 1
From French auguste (“noble, stately; august”) or Latin augustus (“majestic, venerable, august; imperial, royal”), from auge? (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ewg- (“to enlarge, increase”). Doublet of Augustus.
Adjective
august (comparative auguster or more august, superlative augustest or most august)
- Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
- Of noble birth.
Derived terms
- augustly
- augustness
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From August.
Verb
august (third-person singular simple present augusts, present participle augusting, simple past and past participle augusted)
- (obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen.
- (obsolete, rare) To bring to realization.
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
august (plural augusts)
- Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”)
References
Anagrams
- Tausug
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus. Doublet of agost, which was inherited through Vulgar Latin.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?w??ust/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /aw??ust/
Adjective
august (feminine augusta, masculine plural augusts or augustos, feminine plural augustes)
- august (venerable, noble)
Derived terms
- augustament
Further reading
- “august” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /av??st/, [?w????sd?]
Noun
august c
- August (the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) måned i den gregorianske kalender; januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december
Obsolete words: glugmåned, blidemåned, tormåned, fåremåned, ?, ?, ormemåned, høstmåned, fiskemåned, liljemåned, slagtemåned, kristmåned (Category: da:Months)
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from German August.
Noun
august (genitive augusti, partitive augustit)
- August
Inflection
Synonyms
- lõikuskuu
- põimukuu
- viljakuu
- rukkikuu
- mädakuu
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregoriuse kalendri kuu; jaanuar, veebruar, märts, aprill, mai, juuni, juuli, august, september, oktoober, november, detsember (Category: et:Months)
Faroese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Noun
august m
- August (month of the Gregorian calendar)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) januar, februar, mars, apríl, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember (Category: fo:Months)
Interlingua
Noun
august (plural augustes)
- Alternative form of augusto
North Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Noun
august m
- (Föhr-Amrum) August
See also
- months of the year in Föhr-Amrum North Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Noun
august (indeclinable)
- August (eighth month of the year)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember (Category: no:Months)
References
- “august” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Noun
august m (indeclinable)
- August (eighth month)
References
- “august” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin (mensis) augustus. Cf. also the inherited doublet agust and gust.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?aw.?ust/
Noun
august m (uncountable)
- August
Synonyms
- gustar (colloquial, popular/folk name), gust / agust, m?s?lar (rarer popular/folk name)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) lun? a calendarului gregorian; ianuarie, februarie, martie, aprilie, mai, iunie, iulie, august, septembrie, octombrie, noiembrie, decembrie (Category: ro:Months)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French auguste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aw??ust/
Adjective
august m or n (feminine singular august?, masculine plural augu?ti, feminine and neuter plural auguste)
- august, majestic, venerable
Declension
Synonyms
- sl?vit, pream?rit
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- avgust (Serbia)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Noun
august m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- (Bosnia) August
Synonyms
- kolovoz (Croatia)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/sije?anj, februar/velja?a, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac (Category: sh:Gregorian calendar months)
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?au?ust]
Noun
august m (genitive singular augusta, nominative plural augusty, genitive plural augustov, declension pattern of dub)
- August
Declension
Derived terms
- augustový
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) mesiac gregoriánskeho kalendára; január, február, marec, apríl, máj, jún, júl, august, september, október, november, december (Category: sk:Months)
Further reading
- august in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Sundanese
Noun
august
- August
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brilliant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (b?rullos, “beryl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b??lj?nt/
Adjective
brilliant (comparative more brilliant, superlative most brilliant)
- Shining brightly.
- the brilliant lights along the promenade
- (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.
- butterflies with brilliant blue wings
- (of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone
- (Britain) Of surpassing excellence.
- The actor's performance in the play was simply brilliant.
- (Britain) Magnificent or wonderful.
- Highly intelligent.
- She is a brilliant scientist.
Synonyms
- (shining brightly): glittering, shining
- (of a colour: both light and saturated):
- (of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone):
- (surpassing excellence): excellent, distinctive, striking, superb (obsolete except in UK usage)
- (magnificent or wonderful): exceptional, glorious, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, wonderful (obsolete except in UK usage)
- (highly intelligent): brainy, ingenious
- See also Thesaurus:intelligent
Related terms
- brilliance
- brilliantine
- brilliantly
- brilliantness
- beryl (possibly)
- beryllium (possibly)
Translations
Noun
brilliant (countable and uncountable, plural brilliants)
- A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.
- 1717, Alexander Pope, The Basset-Table
- This snuffbox — on the hinge see brilliants shine.
- 1717, Alexander Pope, The Basset-Table
- (uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.
- Most hummingbird species of the genus Heliodoxa.
- A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
Descendants
- (small type size): (German) Brillant
Translations
Further reading
- brilliant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- brilliant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- brilliant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
French brillant.
Noun
brilliant
- brilliant.
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
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