guide
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]c. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Cognate with Old English wītan (“to see, take heed to, watch after, guard, keep”). Related also to English wit.
Noun
[edit]guide (plural guides)
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- Synonym: guider
- The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms xlviii:14:
- He will be our guide, even unto death.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
- A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- (printing, dated) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 75:
- The familiars of the magicians, on the other hand, were not in all cases evil, and often may have approximated the "guides" with whom present-day spiritualists are well acquainted.
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
Derived terms
[edit]- audio guide
- buying guide
- career guide
- court guide
- dog guide
- field guide
- Girl Guide
- guidance
- guide board
- guidebook
- guide book
- Guide Bridge
- guide dog
- guide line
- guideline
- guide on the side
- guidepost
- guide rail
- guide rope
- guide shoe
- guide star
- guide word
- hand guide
- honey guide
- hornguide, horn guide
- I need a guide
- mountain guide
- program guide
- shopping guide
- study guide
- style guide
- tour guide
- tourist guide
- touristic guide
- travel guide
- TV guide
- usage guide
- user guide
- user's guide
- whale's guide
Descendants
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English guiden, from Old French guider, from Old Occitan guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).
Verb
[edit]guide (third-person singular simple present guides, present participle guiding, simple past and past participle guided)
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
- And that you'd guide me to your Soueraignes Court,
- 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
- Kolyat: I brought a prayer book, Commander. Would you care to join me?
Kolyat: Kalahira, this one's heart is pure, but beset by wickedness and contention.
Shepard: Guide this one to where the traveler never tires, the lover never leaves, the hungry never starve.
Shepard: Guide this one, Kalahira, and she will be a companion to you as she was to me.
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 112:5:
- A good man sheweth fauour and lendeth: he will guide his affaires with discretion.
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- (intransitive) To act as a guide.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | (to) guide | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | guide | guided | |
2nd-person singular | guide, guidest† | guided, guidedst† | |
3rd-person singular | guides, guideth† | guided | |
plural | guide | ||
subjunctive | guide | guided | |
imperative | guide | — | |
participles | guiding | guided |
Derived terms
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References
[edit]guide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “guide”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “guide”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "guide" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Anagrams
[edit]Chinese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaai1
- Yale: gāai
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaai1
- Guangdong Romanization: gai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]guide
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to guide
See also
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French guide, borrowed from Old Occitan guida, from the verb guidar, ultimately of Germanic origin, possibly through Medieval Latin; compare Frankish *wītan. Supplanted the older Old French guier, of the same origin. Compare Italian guida, Spanish guía. See guider for more information.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]guide m (plural guides)
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- "guide" in the WordReference Dictionnaire Français-Anglais, WordReference.com LLC, 2006.
Further reading
[edit]- “guide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]guide f
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]guide m (definite singular guiden, indefinite plural guider, definite plural guidene)
Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]guide (imperative guid, present tense guider, passive guides, simple past and past participle guida or guidet, present participle guidende)
- to guide (usually tourists)
Alternative forms
[edit]References
[edit]- “guide” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “guide_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “guide_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]guide m (definite singular guiden, indefinite plural guidar, definite plural guidane)
Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]guide (present tense guidar, past tense guida, past participle guida, passive infinitive guidast, present participle guidande, imperative guide/guid)
- to guide (usually tourists)
Alternative forms
[edit]References
[edit]- “guide” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]guide m or f
- a guide (person who guides)
Descendants
[edit]Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *gʷedyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-yeh₂.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]guide f (genitive guide, nominative plural guidi)
- verbal noun of guidid
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 132a10
- ci a{s}⟨r⟩id·roga⟨r⟩t dímsa do guidi-siu, a Dǽ
- although he has forbidden me to pray to you, O God
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 132a10
- prayer
- c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Epilogue, line 421; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
- In guide ro·ngád-sa, ní ar ulc fri doíni.
- The prayer that I have prayed, it is not for evil onto humanity.
Declension
[edit]Feminine iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | guideL | guidiL | guidi |
Vocative | guideL | guidiL | guidi |
Accusative | guidiN | guidiL | guidi |
Genitive | guide | guideL | guideN |
Dative | guidiL | guidib | guidib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
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[edit]Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
guide | guide pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
nguide |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “guide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish
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Noun
[edit]guide c
- guide (person who guides)
- Synonym: vägledare
- (computing) wizard (program or script used to simplify complex operations)
- Synonym: assistent
Declension
[edit]Declension of guide | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | guide | guiden | guider | guiderna |
Genitive | guides | guidens | guiders | guidernas |
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- sv:Computing
- sv:Occupations