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aide.

help, support

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛd//aɛd/Quebec

  1. help, support

    feminine
    à l'aide d'un ordinateur
    Votre protection est sa seule aide.

  2. assist

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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/ɛd//aɛd/Quebec

  1. aide (person)

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ɛd//aɛd/Quebec

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

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of aider: second-person singular present imperative

    form-of · imperative · present · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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

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