aidant

English

Etymology

From Middle English aydaunt, aydant, a borrowing from Old French aidant, from the verb aidier (“to aid, to help”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.dənt/

Adjective

aidant (comparative more aidant, superlative most aidant)

  1. (obsolete) helpful, assisting
    • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear IV.iii
      All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!

Anagrams

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Verb

aidant

  1. present participle of aidar

French

Verb

aidant

  1. present participle of aider

Adjective

aidant (feminine singular aidante, masculine plural aidants, feminine plural aidantes)

  1. helping

Noun

aidant m (plural aidants, feminine aidante)

  1. helper

Old French

Verb

aidant

  1. present participle of aider

Adjective

aidant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aidant)

  1. ready or in agreement to help, to assist

Declension

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