succor

English

Alternative forms

• succour

Etymology

From Middle English sucuren, from Old French sucurre, sucurir (“to rescue, remedy”), from Latin succurrō (“go beneath, run for cover, run for help”, v), from sub- + currō (“run”, v). More at sub-, current.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sŭkər
• Homophone: sucker

Noun

succor (uncountable)

1. Aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress; ministration.

Translations

Aid, assistance or relief from distress

• Dutch: bijstand (nl), assistentie (nl)
• German: Beistand (de) m, Hilfe (de) f, Unterstützung (de) f
• Portuguese: socorro (pt) m, ajuda (pt) f, assistência (pt)

• Russian: помощь (ru) (pomoščʹ) f, поддержка (ru) (podderžka) f
• Spanish: socorro (es) m
• Turkish: imdat (tr), yardım (tr)

Verb

succor (third-person singular simple present succors, present participle succoring, simple past and past participle succored)

1. (transitive) to give such assistance

Synonyms

• (to give assitance): help, aid, assist, support, sustain, relieve

Antonyms

• (to give assistance): hurt, damage

Derived terms

• succorer

Translations

to give such assistance

• Dutch: bijstand verlenen (nl)
• French: secourir (fr)
• German: beistehen (de), unterstützen (de), zu Hilfe kommen (de)

• Portuguese: socorrer (pt)
• Russian: утешать (ru) (utešatʹ), поддерживать (ru) (podderživatʹ)
• Spanish: socorrer (es)
• Turkish: imdadına yetişmek (tr), yardıma gelmek (tr), yardıma koşmak (tr)

Anagrams

• crocus, occurs