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aider

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English

Etymology

From aid +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

aider (plural aiders)

  1. A person who aids or assists.
    • 1548, Edward Hall, “The trobleous season of Kyng Henry the sixt, The .xv. yere”, in Hall’s Chronicle‎, London: Richard Grafton:
      The capitaines of the toune seyng theire pillers borken, and their chief ayders discomfited, rendered the toune to the duke of Somerset,
    • 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie‎, London: Richard Field, Book 3, Chapter 15, p. 254:
      […] arte is neither an aider nor a surmounter, but onely a bare immitatour of natures works, following and counterfeyting her actions and effects […]
    • 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “Of the Internal Economy of Dotheboys Hall”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 73:
      […] being there as an assistant, he actually seemed—[…]—to be the aider and abettor of a system which filled him with honest disgust and indignation, […]
    • 1898, Paul Laurence Dunbar, chapter III, in The Uncalled: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, →OCLC, page 23:
      The woman in question had, as she said, been a close friend of Margaret’s, and, as such, an aider in her habits of intemperance.
  2. (climbing) A mountaineer's stirrup or étrier.
    As I was switching my feet in my aiders, the hook popped.

Usage notes

Often used in the phrase aider and abettor; see also aid and abet.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ayder, from Old French aidier, from Latin adiutāre (“to help, assist”). Cognate with Catalan aidar, Spanish ayudar, Romanian ajuta, Italian aiutare, Portuguese and Catalan ajudar.

Pronunciation

Verb

aider

  1. (transitive) to help; to aid
    Synonym: obliger (Louisiana)
    J’aide mon frère à porter ses cartons.
    I'm helping my brother carry his boxes.
    Elle aide souvent les sans-abris.
    She helps the homeless often.
    Cette méthode aide la mémoire.
    This method helps with memory.
  2. (pronominal) to use
    Il s’aide de la rampe pour monter l’escalier.
    He uses the banister to climb the stairs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of aider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
More information infinitive, simple ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Saint Dominican Creole French: hinder
  • Haitian Creole: ede
  • → English: mayday (from (venez) m'aider!)

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