different between notable vs august

English

Alternative forms

• nottable (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English notable, from Anglo-Norman notable, Middle French notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin not?bilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from not? (“to note, mark”); corresponding to note +? -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??t?bl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?no?d?b?l/

Adjective

notable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)

1. Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished. [from 14th c.]
2. Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous. [from 14th c.]
3. That can be observed; perceptible. [from 14th c.]
   • 1989, Stanton Peele, Diseasing of America:

     Dyslexia is most notable in children who are unable to focus on their assignments.
4. (now rare) Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management. [from 17th c.]
   • c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin 1990, p. 48:

     During his residence abroad, his concerns at home were managed by his mother Hester, an active and notable woman.

   • 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:

     Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; […]

5. (obsolete) Useful; profitable.

Synonyms

• (worthy of notice): eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable
• (capable of being noted): apparent, evident; see also Thesaurus:obvious

Antonyms

• (all): non-notable
• (worthy of notice): nameless, obscure
• (capable of being noted): subtle

Related terms

• notability

Translations

Noun

notable (plural notables)

1. A person or thing of distinction.

Related terms

• note
• of note
• noted
• noteful
• notably

Translations

Anagrams

• Labonte

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin not?bilis.

Adjective

notable (epicene, plural notables)

1. notable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin not?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /no?ta.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /nu?ta.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /no?ta.ble/

Adjective

notable (masculine and feminine plural notables)

1. notable

Derived terms

• notablement

Related terms

• notar

Further reading

• “notable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “notable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “notable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “notable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Middle French notable, from Latin not?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?.tabl/

Adjective

notable (plural notables)

1. notable

Derived terms

• notablement

Noun

notable m (plural notables)

1. notable

Further reading

• “notable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• notábel

Etymology

From Latin not?bilis.

Adjective

notable m or f (plural notables)

1. notable

Derived terms

• notablemente

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin not?bilis.

Adjective

notable m or f (plural notables)

1. important; significant

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin not?bilis. Cognate with English notable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no?table/, [no?t?a.??le]

Adjective

notable (plural notables, superlative notabilísimo)

1. remarkable, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, significant, marked, outstanding, striking, noted

Derived terms

• notablemente

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)

1. Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
2. 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)

1. (obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen.
2. (obsolete, rare) To bring to realization.

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

august (plural augusts)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. Alternative form of augusto

North Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus.

Noun

august m

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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 ??????)

1. (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)

1. 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

1. August