août
French
Alternative forms
- aout (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French aost, from Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin augustus. Doublet of auguste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u/, /ut/, /a.u/, /a.ut/[1]
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - The final /t/ is now predominantly sounded in France, but mostly silent elsewhere. The disyllabic pronunciations are dated in Europe, but remain common variants in North America.
- Homophones: aoûts (general), aoûte, aoûtent, aoûtes (forms with /t/), ou, où (form /u/), hou, houe, houes, houx (form /u/, but aspirated)
Descendants
See also
References
- “août”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “août”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Norman
Alternative forms
- Août (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French aoust, from Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin augustus.
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