aide

See also: aidé, Äide, and ai dè

English

Alternative forms

• aid

Etymology

Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More at aid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪd/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Homophone: aid
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

aide (plural aides)

1. An assistant.
2. (military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.

Derived terms

• metro aide
• teacher's aide

 

Translations

assistant — see assistant

military: officer who acts as an assistant to a more senior one — see aide-de-camp

Anagrams

• Adie, daie, idea

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Abinomn

Noun

aide

1. father

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Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) aide

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of aidar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of aidar

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛd/

  • Audio (France, Lyon):

    (file)

• IPA^(key): /aɛd/

  • Audio (CAN):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

From Middle French ayde, from Old French aide, aie, from aidier (modern Old French aider (“to help”)). The medial -d- would've been regularly lost, but was reinserted on the basis of the verb.

Noun

aide f (plural aides)

1. help, support

   à l’aide d’un ordinateur

   with the help of a computer

   Votre protection est sa seule aide.

   Your protection is her sole support.

   Il faut une aide financière pour les victimes.

   There must be financial aid for the victims.

   Synonym: secours m

2. (sports) assist

Derived terms

• à l’aide
• aide de camp
• avez-vous besoin d’aide
• merci pour ton aide
• merci pour votre aide
• venir en aide

 

Noun

aide m or f by sense (plural aides)

1. aide (person)

Etymology 2

From aider, with the third-person singular form corresponding to Latin adiūtat.

Verb

aide

1. inflection of aider:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Further reading

• “aide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• ayde, eyde, eide, eayde

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French aide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛi̯d(ə)/

Noun

aide (uncountable)

1. Help given; aid.
2. A tax levied for defence.
3. (rare) One who assists.

Related terms

• aiden
• aydaunt

Descendants

• English: aid
• Scots: aid

References

• “aide, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• (very early) adiudha, aiudha
• (early) aiue, aie

Etymology

From aidier. The regular form would have been aie, which is in fact attested; aide is a remodeling on the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (early) /ˈai̯də/
• IPA^(key): (late) /ˈɛdə/

Noun

aide oblique singular, f (oblique plural aides, nominative singular aide, nominative plural aides)

1. help; assistance; aid

Related terms

• aidier

Descendants

• → Middle English: aide, ayde, eyde, eide, eayde
  • English: aid
  • Scots: aid
• Middle French: ayde
  • French: aide
    • → English: aide

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Romanian

Interjection

aide

1. Alternative form of haide

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aide f

1. genitive singular of ad