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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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striking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?a?k??/
- Rhymes: -a?k??
Adjective
striking (comparative more striking, superlative most striking)
- Making a strong impression.
- This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
- 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):
- This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.
Translations
Verb
striking
- present participle of strike
Noun
striking (plural strikings)
- The act by which something strikes or is struck.
- 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
- We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?
- 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
Anagrams
- skirting
striking From the web:
- what striking means
- what does striking mean
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