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Webster 1913 Edition
Aider
Aid′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, aids.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aider
A'IDER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
aider
aider
French
Etymology
From Old French aidier, from Latin adiutāre, present active infinitive of adiūtō (“help, assist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.de/
Verb
aider
Conjugation
Conjugation of aider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | aider | avoir aidé | |||||
| gerund | en aidant | en ayant aidé | |||||
| present participle | aidant /ɛ.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | aidé /ɛ.de/ |
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| 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 /ɛ.dɔ̃/ |
aidez /ɛ.de/ |
aident /ɛd/ |
| imperfect | aidais /ɛ.dɛ/ |
aidais /ɛ.dɛ/ |
aidait /ɛ.dɛ/ |
aidions /ɛ.djɔ̃/ |
aidiez /ɛ.dje/ |
aidaient /ɛ.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | aidai /ɛ.de/ |
aidas /ɛ.da/ |
aida /ɛ.da/ |
aidâmes /ɛ.dam/ |
aidâtes /ɛ.dat/ |
aidèrent /ɛ.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | aiderai /ɛ.dʁe/ |
aideras /ɛ.dʁa/ |
aidera /ɛ.dʁa/ |
aiderons /ɛ.dʁɔ̃/ |
aiderez /ɛ.dʁe/ |
aideront /ɛ.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | aiderais /ɛ.dʁɛ/ |
aiderais /ɛ.dʁɛ/ |
aiderait /ɛ.dʁɛ/ |
aiderions /ɛ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aideriez /ɛ.də.ʁje/ |
aideraient /ɛ.dʁɛ/ |
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| 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 /ɛ.djɔ̃/ |
aidiez /ɛ.dje/ |
aident /ɛd/ |
| imperfect1 |
aidasse /ɛ.das/ |
aidasses /ɛ.das/ |
aidât /ɛ.da/ |
aidassions /ɛ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
aidassiez /ɛ.da.sje/ |
aidassent /ɛ.das/ |
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| 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 /ɛ.dɔ̃/ |
aidez /ɛ.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Anagrams
Descendants
- English: mayday (from me + aider = m'aider, ultimately from the expression Venez m'aider! "Come help me!")