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English
Etymology
From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).
Pronunciation
- Verb:
- Noun:
- Hyphenation: aug‧ment
Verb
augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented)
- (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
1561, Richard Eden, “To the Ryght Worshypfull Syr Wyllyam Garrerd Knyght, and Master Thomas Lodge, Aldermen of the Citie of London, and Gouernours of the Honorable Felowshyp or Societie, aswell of Certaine of the Nobilitie, as of Marchauntes Aduenturers, for the Discouery of Landes, Territories, Ilandes, and Seignories Vnknowen, and Not before Their First Aduenture or Enterprise by Seas or Nauigations Commonly Frequented: And to the Right Worshypfull the Consulles, Assistentes, and Comminaltie of the Same Societie, Richarde Eden Wyssheth Health and Prosperitie”, in Martin Cortes [i.e., Martín Cortés de Albacar], translated by Richard Eden, The Arte of Nauigation: Conteynyng a Compendious Description of the Sphere, with the Makyng of Certen Instrumentes and Rules for Nauigations: and Exemplified by Manye Demonstrations. […], London: […] Richard Jugge, […], →OCLC, signature [¶ iii], recto:[T]he fauour of Princes and Magiſtrates noryſheth, augmenteth, and amplyfyeth all artes and ſciences by liberalitie, and extynguyſheth the ſame by miſerable couetouſnes and parcimonie.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
- (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
- (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
- (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
Derived terms
Translations
- Bulgarian: увеличавам (bg) (uveličavam), прибавям (bg) (pribavjam)
- Catalan: augmentar (ca)
- Czech: rozšířit (cs), zvětšit (cs)
- Dutch: vergroten (nl), verhogen (nl), aanvullen (nl)
- Finnish: lisätä (fi), kasvattaa (fi), laajentaa (fi)
- French: augmenter (fr)
- German: vergrößern (de), erhöhen (de), vermehren (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: αὐξάνω (auxánō)
- Ido: augmentar (io)
- Italian: aumentare (it), crescere (it), accrescere (it), potenziare (it)
- Japanese: 増やす (ja) (fuyasu)
- Korean: 증가시키다 (jeunggasikida)
- Latin: augeo (la), accumulō
- Lithuanian: padidinti
- Māori: whakakaurahi, whakarawaka
- Middle English: augmenten
- Norwegian: øke (no)
- Portuguese: aumentar (pt)
- Russian: (increase/make larger) увели́чивать (ru) impf (uvelíčivatʹ), увели́чить (ru) pf (uvelíčitʹ), (supplement) дополня́ть (ru) impf (dopolnjátʹ), допо́лнить (ru) pf (dopólnitʹ)
- Spanish: aumentar (es), augmentar, embonar (es), jerarquizar (es), acrecentar (es)
- Swedish: öka (sv)
- Turkish: çoğaltmak (tr), artırmak (tr)
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Noun
augment (plural augments)
- (grammar) A grammatical prefix
- (Indo-European languages) In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
- (Celtic languages) Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.
1987, Kim McCone, chapter IX, in The early Irish verb, 2nd edition, Maynooth: An Sagart, published 1997, →ISBN, section 3.1, page 93:Fundamentally the augment characterizes a verbal action viewed from a non-contemporary standpoint, either the moment of speaking (or writing) or a further verbal action.
- (Bantu languages) In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
- An increase.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
grammar: prefix indicating past tense of verb See also
Further reading
- “augment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “augment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “augment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin augmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
augment m (plural augments)
- increase, rise, rising
- (linguistics) augment
- (optics) magnification
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Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augmentum or another European language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑu̯xˈmɛnt/
- Hyphenation: aug‧ment
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
augment n (plural augmenten, no diminutive)
- (Indo-European grammar) augment (prefix before a past-tense verb)
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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin augmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
augment m (plural augments)
- (medieval law) part of an estate which a widow could inherit
Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France)
- note: this quote is in Middle French
- (grammar) augment
L'augment syllabique consiste en l’addition d’une syllabe ; l'augment temporel, dans le changement d’une brève en longue.- Syllabic augment consists of the addition of a syllable; temporal augment in changing it from short to long.
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Further reading
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin augmentum, from augere (“to increase”). First attested in c. 1425.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /au̯ɡˈmɛnt/, /ˈau̯ɡmɛnt/
Noun
augment (uncountable) (Late Middle English, uncommon)
- An intensification or strengthening.
- (pathology) The stage of a disease where it increases in severity.
- Synonym: augmentacioun
Descendants
References
- “augment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “augment, n.”, in OED Online
 , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- Norri, Juhani, compiler (2016), “augment”, in Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary in English, 1375–1550, part I & II, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78.
Etymology 2
Verb
augment
- alternative form of augmenten
Polish
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Polish augment Learned borrowing from Latin augmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
augment m inan
- (grammar) augment (suffix in some Indo-European languages indicating the past tense)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “augment”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[1] (in Polish)
Romanian
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Romanian augment Borrowed from French augment, or a learned borrowing from Latin augmentum.
Noun
augment n (plural augmente)
- increase, growth, augmentation
Declension
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