Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

auguste

/aʊˈɡuːst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: au-guste
IPA: /aʊˈɡuːst/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface.

Example Sentences

"It had been used for clownish mock-disappearences, one auguste looking for another through endlessly circling blackness, an apparatus not now much in use."

Etymology

From French auguste, from German (dumme) August.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: auguste, -

Inflected Forms

augustes (plural)

Rhymes With

aug

Questions

How do you pronounce auguste?: The recorded pronunciation is /aʊˈɡuːst/.
What does auguste mean?: A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface.
Where does auguste come from?: It is traced to French.

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