Augustとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Early 中期英語 August(us), re-Latinized from 古期英語 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, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre (“to chatter”).

別の表記

• Aug, Aug. (abbreviation)
• Aguste (obsolete)
• Augost (Jamaica)

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôʹgəst, IPA: /ˈɔː.ɡəst/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɔ.ɡəst/, /ˈɔ.ɡɪst/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈɑ.ɡəst/

固有名詞

August (plural Augusts)

1. The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.

   Alternative forms: Aug, Aug., AUG, 8

   Synonym: (Quakerism) Eighth Month

   Holonyms: calendar year; year

   Comeronyms: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November, December

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: […] .

   • 2025 July 17, John Towfighi, “Copper prices have surged to record highs — and they could jump higher. Here’s why”, in CNN Business‎:

     Trump’s July 8 announcement of a 50% tariff on copper imports beginning August 1 sent prices surging 13% in one day, up to a record high of $5.69 per pound.

2. (now rare) A female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).
   • 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 48:

     August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.

   • 2018, George Beahm, editor, Mark Zuckerberg: In His Own Words‎, Agate Publishing, →ISBN:

     AUGUST[ 2017]: [Mark] Zuckerberg and [Priscilla] Chan's second daughter, August, is born.

同意語

• Sextilis (chiefly early Roman contexts), Sextile (early Roman contexts, now uncommon)

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語源 2

In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common German given name August, from Latin Augustus.

固有名詞

August

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1974, Witi Ihimaera, Whanau, Heinemann, page 76:

     Thirteen year old August is the eldest; he begins to pull the kite downward. Like his sister and brother, June and July, he has been named after the month in which he was born.

2. A surname from Latin.
3. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

アナグラム

• Tausug