aidant

English

Etymology

From Middle English aydaunt, aydant, a borrowing from Old French aidant, from the verb aidier (“to aid, to help”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.dənt/

Adjective

aidant (comparative more aidant, superlative most aidant)

1. (obsolete) helpful, assisting
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!

Noun

aidant (plural aidants)

1. (rare) One who or that which aids; a helper.
   • 1883, Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts, page 540:

     He said, "The court is now called upon to be an aidant to the enforcement of a judgment in rem, given by the Portuguese court," and then he said […]

   • 1975, D. O. Wolfenbarger, Factors Affecting Dispersal Distances of Small Organisms, page 140:

     More hindrances appear evident than aidants, or perhaps more about hindrances and barriers is recognized.

Anagrams

• anatid, tanaid, Datian

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əjˈðan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əjˈðant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ajˈðant]

Verb

aidant

1. gerund of aidar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.dɑ̃/ ~ /e.dɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Participle

aidant

1. present participle of aider

Adjective

aidant (feminine aidante, masculine plural aidants, feminine plural aidantes)

1. helping

Noun

aidant m (plural aidants, feminine aidante)

1. helper

Further reading

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

Old French

Verb

aidant

1. present participle of aider

Adjective

aidant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aidant)

1. ready or in agreement to help, to assist

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	aidants	aidant	aidant
	oblique	aidant			aidant	aidant
plural	subject	aidant	aidanz, aidans, aidantss		aidant
	oblique	aidants			aidanz, aidans, aidantss	aidant