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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More at aid.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aide (plural aides)
- An assistant.
- (military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]assistant — see assistant
military: officer who acts as an assistant to a more senior one — see aide-de-camp
Anagrams
[edit]Abinomn
[edit]Noun
[edit]aide
Asturian
[edit]Verb
[edit]aide
- first-person singular present subjunctive of aidar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of aidar
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited 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
[edit]aide f (plural aides)
- help, support
- Synonym: secours m
- 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.
- (sports) assist
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]aide m or f by sense (plural aides)
- aide (person)
Etymology 2
[edit]From aider, with the third-person singular form corresponding to Latin adiūtat.
Verb
[edit]aide
- inflection of aider:
Further reading
[edit]- “aide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French aide.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aide (uncountable)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “aide, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aidier. The regular form would have been aie, which is in fact attested; aide is a remodeling on the verb.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aide oblique singular, f (oblique plural aides, nominative singular aide, nominative plural aides)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Interjection
[edit]aide
- Alternative form of haide
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Noun
[edit]aide f
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