August.とは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Aug, Aug. (abbreviations)
• Aguste (廃れた用法)
• Augost (Jamaica)

発音

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

固有名詞

August (複数形 Augusts)

2. The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
   • 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 222716698:

     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: […] .

3. A female given name from English derived from the month (まれに modern usage).
   • 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press (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.

同意語

• Sextilis (chiefly early Roman contexts), Sextile (early Roman contexts, now まれに)

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参考

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}

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. (US) A surname, from Latin​.
3. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

アナグラム

• Tausug