What does aide in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word aide in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use aide in French.

The word aide in French means help, aid, assistant, helper, help, help to do , help do, help out, help to do , help with, help each other, help one another, use, Help!, thanks to, home help, home helper, employment incentives, employment incentives, decision aid, decision support system, navigational aid, personal care, personal assistance, autofill, autocomplete, predictive text, food aid, development aid, foreign aid, repatriation grant, homework help, homework assistance, aide-de-camp, government assistance, foreign aid, online help, financial assistance, humanitarian aid, international aid, international assistance, legal aid, home help, invaluable help, social assistance, child welfare service, kitchen assistant, teaching assistant, aide-mémoire, reminder, nursing assistant, nursing auxiliary, God helps those who help themselves, Mayday call, distress call, distress signal, call for help, ask for 's help, ask for 's assistance, with the help of, sheltered workshop, subsidized employment contract, subsidized job, help menu, decision support system, help section, request 's help, come to 's aid, come to the aid of. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word aide

help

nom féminin (assistance)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Alain a besoin d'aide pour faire ses devoirs.
Alan needs help to do his homework.

aid

nom féminin (recours financier) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Jules a reçu une aide de sa Caisse d'Allocations Familiales. // Les sinistrés ont reçu une aide de l'État.
The disaster victims received state assistance.

assistant, helper

nom masculin et féminin (assistant) (person)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sa mère aurait besoin d'une aide ménagère ou d'un aide pour le jardin.
His mother would need either a home help or help with the garden.

help

verbe transitif (apporter son soutien)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
En été, j'aide mon père à la ferme.
During the summer, I help my father on the farm.

help to do , help do

locution verbale (faciliter [qch])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le yoga m'a aidé à gérer mon stress.
Yoga has helped me with my stress (or: with managing my stress).

help out

verbe transitif (soutenir financièrement) (informal)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Mon frère m'a beaucoup aidé quand j'étais au chômage et que je n'arrivais plus à payer le loyer.
My brother really helped me out when I was unemployed and couldn't pay the rent anymore.

help to do , help with

verbe transitif indirect (faciliter)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Les témoins aident à reconstituer l'accident. Ce médicament aide à la digestion.
The witnesses are helping with the reconstruction of the accident. This medicine helps with digestion.

help each other, help one another

verbe pronominal (aider mutuellement)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Les deux frères se sont toujours aidés pour leurs devoirs.
The two brothers have always helped each other (or: one another) with their homework.

use

(se faciliter une action)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Pour marcher, la vieille dame s'aide de deux cannes.
The old lady walks with the help of two walking sticks.

Help!

interjection (au secours !)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")
À l'aide ! Nous sommes coincés dans l'ascenseur.

thanks to

(grâce à)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
J'ai réussi à débloquer l'agrafeuse à l'aide d'un couteau. Ils ont déménagé en une seule journée à l'aide de leurs amis.
They moved in a single day with the help of their friends.

home help, home helper

nom féminin (assistant de vie à domicile)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

employment incentives

nom féminin (incitation au patron pour embaucher)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

employment incentives

nom féminin (assistance pour entreprise qui embauche)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

decision aid, decision support system

nom féminin (assistant pour choisir) (health care technology)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

navigational aid

nom féminin (assistant pour naviguer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

personal care, personal assistance

nom féminin (assistance pour vivre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

autofill, autocomplete, predictive text

nom féminin (assistant pour saisir des données) (Computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

food aid

nom féminin (distribution humanitaire de nourriture)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

development aid, foreign aid

nom féminin (soutien financier, logistique) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'aide au développement est une action volontaire qui va vers les pays en voie de développement.

repatriation grant

nom féminin (aide financière pour retour au pays)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'aide au retour est versée aux immigrés pour faciliter leur retour dans leur pays d'origine.

homework help, homework assistance

nom féminin (assistance à l'élève)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

aide-de-camp

nom masculin (officier au service d'un chef) (Gallicism)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce général a plusieurs aides de camp à son service.

government assistance

nom féminin (assistance de l'État)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

foreign aid

nom féminin (assistance venant d'un autre pays)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

online help

nom féminin (support technique sur internet) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'aide en ligne de ce logiciel est très bien faite.

financial assistance

nom féminin (argent prêté)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

humanitarian aid

nom féminin (aide aux populations dans le besoin) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'aide humanitaire, c'est aussi la soupe populaire.

international aid, international assistance

nom féminin (aide venant de plusieurs pays) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'aide internationale est mise en place lors d'une crise exceptionnelle.

legal aid

nom féminin (facilitation de l'accès à la justice) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'aide juridictionnelle vient en aide aux justiciables peu argentés.

home help

nom féminin ([qqn] aidant à faire le ménage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

invaluable help

nom féminin (aide très utile)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

social assistance

nom féminin (aide étatique à la population) (service)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'aide sociale participe au loyer, à la scolarité, et en cas grave, à l'alimentation.
Social assistance can be provided to help with payment of rent, school fees and in extreme cases, to pay for food.

child welfare service

nom féminin (France (service d'aide à l'enfant)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Suite aux décès de ses parents, elle a été placée par l'aide sociale à l'enfance.

kitchen assistant

nom masculin (assistant de cuisinier)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce chef a quatre aide-cuisiniers dans son restaurant.

teaching assistant

nom masculin (assistant d'un éducateur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cet éducateur aimerait bien avoir un aide-éducateur supplémentaire.

aide-mémoire, reminder

nom masculin (memento, pensum)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cet aide-mémoire est très pratique, il tient dans la poche.

nursing assistant, nursing auxiliary

([qqn] chargé du soin des patients) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
C'est l'aide-soignant qui s'occupe des lits.
It's the nursing assistant who takes care of the beds.

God helps those who help themselves

(travail, tu seras récompensé)

Mayday call, distress call, distress signal

nom masculin (SOS)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Avant le naufrage, le capitaine a eu le temps de lancer un appel à l'aide.

call for help

locution verbale (demander du secours)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Coincés dans l'ascenseur, ils ont appelé à l'aide et par chance, des voisins les ont entendus.

ask for 's help, ask for 's assistance

locution verbale (requérir l'aide de [qqn])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Nous avons appelé mes parents à l'aide à la suite d'une panne de machine.

with the help of

(avec l'assistance de)

(preposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours.")

sheltered workshop

nom masculin (structure médico-sociale publique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les centres d'aide par le travail fournissent du travail aux handicapés moteurs.

subsidized employment contract

nom masculin (France (type de contrat de travail) (France)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

subsidized job

nom masculin (emploi à charges réduites) (countable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

help menu

nom masculin (informatique : assistance en ligne) (computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Grâce au menu d'aide de mon ordinateur j'ai réussi à résoudre quelques petits problèmes.

decision support system

nom masculin (logiciel aidant à choisir) (software)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

help section

nom féminin (notice explicative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

request 's help

(demander de l'aide à [qqn])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

come to 's aid, come to the aid of

locution verbale (secourir)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Les pompiers vinrent en aide aux victimes du séisme.

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