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: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: نَافِع ‎(nāfiʿ), مُفِيد ‎(mufīd)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• 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, f, serviable (fr) m, f
• Georgian: დამხმარე ‎(damxmare), მარგებელი ‎(margebeli), სასარგებლო ‎(sasargeblo), გამოსადეგი ‎(gamosadegi), ვარგისი ‎(vargisi)
• German: hilfreich (de)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• 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