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Augustine

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɡəˌstiːn/
  • General-American: /əˈɡʌstɪn/
  • General-American: /ˈɔɡəˌstin/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑɡəˌstin/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 G AH0 S T IY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AO1 G AH0 S T IY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A male given name from Latin, notably borne by Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), a church father and a writer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A female given name from French.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An Augustinian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Church Father, Father of the Church, Father, Doctor of the Church, Doctor, saint, theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser

History

Etymology

From Latin Augustīnus, derivative of Augustus. Doublet of Austin.

From French Augustine, from Latin Augustīna. Doublet of Augustina.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aragonese: Agostín — male given name
  • Armenian: Ավգուստինոս (Avgustinos) — male given name
  • Catalan: Agustí — male given name
  • Chinese Cantonese: 奧古斯丁 /奥古斯丁 (ou3 gu2 si1 ding1) — male given name
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 奧古士丁 /奥古士丁 (Ó̤-gū-sê̤ṳ-dĭng) — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奧古斯丁 /奥古斯丁 (Àogǔsīdīng) — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奧斯定 /奥斯定 (Àosīdìng) — male given name
  • Czech: Augustýn — male given name
  • Dutch: Augustinus — male given name
  • Emilian: Agustén — male given name
  • Esperanto: Aŭgusteno — male given name
  • Finnish: Augustinus — male given name
  • French: Augustin — male given name
  • Galician: Agustín — male given name
  • German: Augustin — male given name
  • Central Franconian: Aujustin — male given name
  • Greek: Αυγουστίνος (Avgoustínos) — male given name
  • Hungarian: Ágoston — male given name
  • Irish: Agaistín — male given name
  • Italian: Agostino — male given name
  • Khmer: អាអ៊ូហ្គូស្ធីនូស (ʼaaʼuuguusthiinuuh) — male given name
  • Marathi: ऑगस्टीन (ŏgasṭīn) — male given name
  • Occitan: Augustin — male given name
  • Picard: Augustin — male given name
  • Polish: Augustyn — male given name
  • Portuguese: Agostinho — male given name
  • Russian: Августи́н (Avgustín) — male given name
  • Upper Sorbian: Hawštyn — male given name
  • Spanish: Augustín — male given name
  • Spanish: Agustín — male given name
  • Swedish: Augustinus — male given name
  • Ukrainian: Августи́н (Avhustýn) — male given name
  • Vietnamese: Augustinô — male given name
  • Vietnamese: Âu Tinh — male given name
Real reading context

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