【augment】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句
英语(English)
词源(Etymology)
From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).
发音(Pronunciation)
- Verb:
- Noun:
- Hyphenation: aug‧ment
动词(Verb)
augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented)
- (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
- (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
- (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
- (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
翻译(Translations)
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
来源参考(References)
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “augment”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
名词(Noun)
augment (plural augments)
- (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
- The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
- (grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
- An increase.
衍生词(Derived terms)
关联词(Related terms)
翻译(Translations)
查看更多(Further reading)
- “augment” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “augment” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- augment at OneLook Dictionary Search
变位词(Anagrams)
Catalan
词源(Etymology)
Learned borrowing from Latin augmentum.
发音(Pronunciation)
名词(Noun)
augment m (plural augments)
关联词(Related terms)
- augmentar
- augmentatiu
查看更多(Further reading)
- “augment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
词源(Etymology)
Borrowed from Latin augmentum or another European language.
发音(Pronunciation)
名词(Noun)
augment n (plural augmenten)
关联词(Related terms)
- augmentatie
- augmenteren
French
词源(Etymology)
Borrowed from Latin augmentum.
发音(Pronunciation)
名词(Noun)
augment m (plural augments)
- (medieval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
- Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French.
- (grammar) augment
- L'augment syllabique consiste en l’addition d’une syllabe ; l'augment temporel, dans le changement d’une brève en longue.
关联词(Related terms)
查看更多(Further reading)
- “augment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
词源(Etymology)
Borrowed from Latin augmentum.
发音(Pronunciation)
名词(Noun)
augment m inan
变化形式(Declension)
关联词(Related terms)
查看更多(Further reading)
- augment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- augment in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
词源(Etymology)
From French augment or Latin augmentum.
名词(Noun)
augment n (plural augmente)
变化形式(Declension)
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ewg-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛnt
- Rhymes:English/ɛnt/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English terms with usage examples
- English intransitive verbs
- English reflexive verbs
- en:Music
- en:Grammar
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
- Catalan learned borrowings from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan 2-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Linguistics
- ca:Optics
- Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Grammar
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Grammar
- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/awɡmɛnt
- Rhymes:Polish/awɡmɛnt/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Grammar
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms borrowed from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns