auguste
French, noun/o.ɡyst/
auguste is spelled A-U-G-U-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auguste is a French masculine noun meaning “a type of clown with a white makeup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Papier auguste”.
What does auguste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
august; noble, stately
noun
- 1
masculinea type of clown with a white makeup
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est imposant, respectable, digne de vénération. 2. Qualifie l’histoire des empereurs romains. 3. Qualifiait un papier fait à Rome avec les meilleures parties des papyrus d’Égypte.
noun: 1. Papier auguste. 2. Monnaie impériale romaine. 3. Clown grimé de couleurs vives et habillé de manière grotesque (contrairement au clown blanc), effectuant des parodies comiques et des acrobaties. 4. Personnage désordonné d’un duo comique, par opposition au clown blanc.
noun: 1. Titre donné aux empereurs romains ayant suivi le premier Auguste.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of auguste
- augustes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auguste?
- /o.ɡyst/
- \o.ɡyst\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to auguste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auguste in French?
auguste appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).