helpful

English

Alternative forms

• helpfull (archaic)

Etymology

help +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlp.fəl/

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Adjective

helpful (comparative more helpful, superlative most helpful)

1. Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

Translations

furnishing help; giving aid; useful

• Afrikaans: behulpsaam
• Arabic: نَافِع‎ (nāfiʿ), مُفِيد‎ (mufīd)
• Armenian: օգտակար (hy) (ōgtakar)
• Azerbaijani: köməksevər
• Bulgarian: полезен (bg) m (polezen), услужлив (bg) (uslužliv), отзивчив (bg) m (otzivčiv)
• Catalan: útil (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有幫助 (zh), 有帮助 (zh) (yǒubāngzhù)

• Czech: nápomocný m
• Danish: hjælpsom
• Dutch: behulpzaam (nl)
• Esperanto: helpema
• Finnish: auttava (fi), hyödyllinen (fi)
• French: utile (fr) m or f, serviable (fr) m or f
• Georgian: დამხმარე (damxmare), მარგებელი (margebeli), სასარგებლო (sasargeblo), გამოსადეგი (gamosadegi), ვარგისი (vargisi)
• German: hilfreich (de)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: मददगार (hi) (madadgār)
• Hungarian: segítőkész (hu), készséges (hu), szolgálatkész (hu), hasznos (hu)
• Icelandic: hjálpsamur, gagnlegt

• Ido: helpema (io)
• Irish: cúntach
• Italian: disponibile (it)
• Japanese: 役に立つ (ja) (yakunitatsu), 有用 (ja) (yūyō)
• Javanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: opifer, adiūtābilis
• Norwegian: hjelpsom
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: pomocny (pl), uczynny (pl) (of people)
• Portuguese: prestável (pt)
• Romanian: util (ro), ajutător (ro) m
• Russian: поле́зный (ru) (poléznyj), (of people) любе́зный (ru) (ljubéznyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: servicial (es), útil (es)
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: hjälpsam (sv)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: hay giúp đỡ

See also

• helpfully
• helpfulness