name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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.
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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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Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
A female given name from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An Augustinian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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