aide

See also: aidé, Äide, and ai dè

English

Alternative forms

• aid

Etymology

Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More at aid.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /eɪd/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Homophone: aid
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

aide (plural aides)

1. An assistant.
   • 1994, Herbert L. Abrams, The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability, and the 25th Amendment, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 126:

     The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade.

   • 2009 January 13, Michael Barbaro, Raymond Hernandez, “Sounding Like a Rival, Weiner Attacks Bloomberg”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Weiner and his aides dismissed such talk as idle political insiderism […]

2. (military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.

Derived terms

• metro aide
• teacher's aide

 

Translations

assistant — see assistant

military: officer who acts as an assistant to a more senior one — see aide-de-camp

Anagrams

• Adie, daie, idea

Abinomn

Noun

aide

1. father

Asturian

Verb

aide

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of aidar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of aidar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛd/

  • Audio (Lyon):

    (file)

• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /aɛd/

  • Audio (Canada):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

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

aide f (plural aides)

1. 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.

2. (sports) assist

Derived terms

• à l’aide
• aide de camp
• avez-vous besoin d’aide
• merci pour ton aide
• merci pour votre aide
• venir en aide

 

Noun

aide m or f by sense (plural aides)

1. aide (person)

Etymology 2

From aider, with the third-person singular form corresponding to Latin adiūtat.

Verb

aide

1. inflection of aider:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ayde, eyde, eide, eayde

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French aide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæi̯d(ə)/

Noun

aide (uncountable)

1. Help given; aid.
2. A tax levied for defence.
3. (rare) One who assists.

Related terms

• aiden
• aydaunt

Descendants

• English: aid
• Scots: aid

References

• “aide, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• (very early) adiudha, aiudha
• (early) aiue, aie

Etymology

From aidier. The regular form would have been aie, which is in fact attested; aide is a remodeling on the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (early) /ˈai̯də/
• IPA^(key): (late) /ˈɛdə/

Noun

aide oblique singular, f (oblique plural aides, nominative singular aide, nominative plural aides)

1. help; assistance; aid

Related terms

• aidier

Descendants

• → Middle English: aide, ayde, eyde, eide, eayde
  • English: aid
  • Scots: aid
• Middle French: ayde
  • French: aide
    • → English: aide

Romanian

Interjection

aide

1. Alternative form of haide

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aide f

1. genitive singular of ad