augury
/ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/noun
augury is spelled A-U-G-U-R-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, augury means “A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of augury is auguries.
How many letters and syllables are in augury?
| Letters | 6: A-U-G-U-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is augury?
Augury appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce augury?
- /ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-augury.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of augury
- auguries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does augury mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
- 2
An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
- 3
An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Augury in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | augure |
| German | Prophezeiung, Vorzeichen , Omen |
| Portuguese | augúrio , agouro |
| Spanish | augurio, presagio, agüero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does augury come from?
From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).