aider
English
Etymology
Noun
aider (plural aiders)
- One who assists.
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French
Etymology
From Old French aidier, from Latin adiutāre, present active infinitive of adiūtō (“help, assist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.de/, /e.de/
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Verb
aider
Conjugation
Conjugation of aider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aider | avoir aidé | |||||
| gerund | en aidant | en ayant aidé | |||||
| present participle | aidant /e.dɑ̃/ or /ɛ.dɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | aidé /e.de/ or /ɛ.de/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aide /ɛd/ |
aides /ɛd/ |
aide /ɛd/ |
aidons /e.dɔ̃/ or /ɛ.dɔ̃/ |
aidez /e.de/ or /ɛ.de/ |
aident /ɛd/ |
| imperfect | aidais /e.dɛ/ or /ɛ.dɛ/ |
aidais /e.dɛ/ or /ɛ.dɛ/ |
aidait /e.dɛ/ or /ɛ.dɛ/ |
aidions /e.djɔ̃/ or /ɛ.djɔ̃/ |
aidiez /e.dje/ or /ɛ.dje/ |
aidaient /e.dɛ/ or /ɛ.dɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | aidai /e.de/ or /ɛ.de/ |
aidas /e.da/ or /ɛ.da/ |
aida /e.da/ or /ɛ.da/ |
aidâmes /e.dam/ or /ɛ.dam/ |
aidâtes /e.dat/ or /ɛ.dat/ |
aidèrent /e.dɛʁ/ or /ɛ.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | aiderai /ɛ.dʁe/ |
aideras /ɛ.dʁa/ |
aidera /ɛ.dʁa/ |
aiderons /ɛ.dʁɔ̃/ |
aiderez /ɛ.dʁe/ |
aideront /ɛ.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | aiderais /ɛ.dʁɛ/ |
aiderais /ɛ.dʁɛ/ |
aiderait /ɛ.dʁɛ/ |
aiderions /ɛ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aideriez /ɛ.də.ʁje/ |
aideraient /ɛ.dʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aide /ɛd/ |
aides /ɛd/ |
aide /ɛd/ |
aidions /e.djɔ̃/ or /ɛ.djɔ̃/ |
aidiez /e.dje/ or /ɛ.dje/ |
aident /ɛd/ |
| imperfect1 | aidasse /e.das/ or /ɛ.das/ |
aidasses /e.das/ or /ɛ.das/ |
aidât /e.da/ or /ɛ.da/ |
aidassions /e.da.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
aidassiez /e.da.sje/ or /ɛ.da.sje/ |
aidassent /e.das/ or /ɛ.das/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | aide /ɛd/ |
— | aidons /e.dɔ̃/ or /ɛ.dɔ̃/ |
aidez /e.de/ or /ɛ.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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Descendants
- English: mayday (from me + aider = m'aider, ultimately from the expression Venez m'aider! "Come help me!")
Further reading
- “aider” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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