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Definitions: Aide |
AideNoun1. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer. 2. Someone who acts as assistant. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aide" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AIDE | English | Automatic Identification Decision Equipment | Computing |
AIDE | Spanish | Asociacion Interamericana de Educacion | Education |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AideSynonyms: adjutant (n), aide-de-camp (n), auxiliary (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Que Dieu vous soit en aide (1956) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Periodicals | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Iological aide Kyra Williams removes a beneficial insect, Encarsia formosa,from leaves to ship to scientists who are studying biological control of the whitefly. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ![]() | Biological aide Ellie Giron (left) and ARS chemist Phyllis Johnson prepare a sample for analysis at the ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Bruce Fritz.. |
Troy Nichols (Gordon Smith's aide), Doc Hatfield, Stacie Davies, and Secretary Babbitt discuss the Steens designation.Credit: Mark Armstrong & Chris Strebig. | On left, Senator Wyden's aide, David Blair, and on the right, Governor Kitzhaber at Big Indian Gorge.Credit: Mark Armstrong & Chris Strebig. | ||
![]() | U.S. Army, Stark General Hospital, Charleston, SC : Physical therapist aide bandages a soldier's stump.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Japonaise soutenue par une aide. / Georges Devy.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | And his Naval Aide, Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, taking the salute of a composite Battalion of the 14th Infantry at Gatun Locks, Panama Canal Zone, as they were disembarking from USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) on 18 February 1940.Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Visiting USS Saratoga (CVA-60) on 6 June 1957. Between and behind them is the Presidential Naval Aide, Captain Evan P. Aurand, USN.Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Civilian aide!.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Miss Joanna Sturm escorted by a White House Social Aide arriving at the East Gate of the White House [for the wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox].Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | China | The authorities released former Zhao Ziyang aide Bao Tong in 1997, but continue to monitor his activities closely. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | The press aide questioned the journalists, who then were released unharmed several days after their initial detention. (references) | |
Malaysia | In January 2000 Ezam Noor, previously a former Anwar aide and youth chief of the opposition National Justice Party, was charged under the OSA with disclosing to reporters secret AntiCorruption Agency (ACA) reports. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | For example, retired Major General Anwar Sher and an Afghan aide, Abdul Qaher Shariati, disappeared in July 2000; they were active in organizing Afghans to pursue a peace process. (references) |
Cameroon | Titus Edzoa, former Minister of Health and long-time presidential aide, who had declared himself a candidate to oppose incumbent President Biya in the 1997 election, remains incarcerated, together with Michel Atangana, his campaign manager. (references) | |
Nigeria | On September 20, a former security aide testified before the HRVIP that Moshood K.O. Abiola died in prison of a "natural cause." In 1994 General Sani Abacha detained Abiola and charged him with treason when he declared himself president on the basis of the 1993 election. (references) | |
Political Rights | Cameroon | Following the unexpectedly strong showing of opposition parties in the region in the 1996 municipal elections, Titus Edzoa, a ruling CPDM member from the southern part of the country, a former Minister of Health, and a longtime presidential aide, declared himself a candidate to oppose incumbent President Biya in the October 1997 election. (references) |
Worker Rights | France | Aide Sociale a l'Enfance (ASE), the state social services branch for childcare, is responsible for caring for and assisting victims under the age of 18 through age 22. The Government has not articulated protection programs in place for trafficking victims. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Aide" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Aide" is used about 277 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 277 | 17,585 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "aide" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Aide | First name Female | 1,000 | 3,232 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "aide": aide de camp ♦ home health aide ♦ nurse's aide ♦ nursing aide. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "aide": aide-de-camp, Aide-memoir, aide-memoire, aide-memorandum. | |
Ending with "aide": librarian-aide. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aide rite | 244 |
financial aide | 134 |
legal aide | 125 |
nurse aide | 119 |
hearing aide | 116 |
aide | 104 |
aide fun marriage more sex | 103 |
kitchen aide | 103 |
teacher aide | 89 |
home health aide | 86 |
certified nurse aide | 84 |
aide nurse registry | 50 |
first aide | 45 |
physical therapy aide | 44 |
aide juridique | 35 |
aide kool | 34 |
lemon aide | 33 |
aide federal student | 31 |
aide pharmacy rite | 28 |
nursing aide | 25 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ndihmës (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutant, coadjutor, first mate, gillie, help, helper, henchman, mate, paramedical, second, secondary, servo, sidekick, subsidiary, tutor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معاون (assistant, help, helper, supporter), ضابط معاون. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съветник (adviser, advisor, councillor, counsellor, doctor, guide, monitor), адютант (adjutant, aide de camp), помощник (acolyte, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, aid, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutor, confederate, help, helper, lieutenant, mate, pander, second, secondary, subsidiary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 助手 (Aider, Aides). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | poboèník (Adc, adjutant, aide de camp, galloper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sygehjaelper (nursing aide, ward aid), stoette efter varierende satser (varying rates of aide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ordonnansofficier (adjutant, aide-de-camp), adjudant (Adj., Adjt., Adjutant, aide-de-camp, Master Sergeant, Senior Master Sergeant, Warrant Officer II). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | adjutanto (adjutant, aide-de-camp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | adjutantti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | assistant (aid), aide (aid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Helfer (accomplice, aider, assistant, backer, helper, helpers, plug-assist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βοηθόσ (assistant, coadjutor, curare, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet), υπασπιστήσ (adjutant, aid, flag lieutenant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | adjutant (adjutant, aide-de-camp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שליש (adjutant, aide de camp), עוזר (assistant, helper, helpful, subsidiary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tanácsadó (adviser, advisor, advisory, advisory board, consultant, consultative, consulting, counselor, mentor), segédtiszt (Adc, adjutant, aide de camp, Ma, military assistant, personnel adjutant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ajudan (adjutant, chief petty officer), pembantu (accessory, assistant, auxiliary, helper, stringer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | aidiúnach (adjutant, aide-de-camp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aiutante di campo (aide de camp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 補佐官 , 人手 (hand, other hands, someone else's hands, starfish), 副官 (adjutant, aide-de-camp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひとで (crowd, hand, other hands, someone else's hands, starfish, turnout), ふくか" (adjutant, aide-de-camp), ふっか" (adjutant, aide-de-camp, putting back in print, reissue), ほさか". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 측근 (Aides). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aideay assessor (adviser, advisor, assessor), ajudante (accessary, acolyte, adjutant, aid, assistant, candle holder, escort, handy man, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, improver, second, subsidiary). (various references) aghiotant (adjutant, aide de camp). (various references) адъютант (adjutant, aide de camp, aide-de-camp). (various references) ađutant (adjutant), pomoćnik (adjunct, adjuvant, aid, associate, auxiliary, call-boy, coadjutor, contributor, deputy, famulus, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, potman, subsidiary). (various references) ayudante (abetter, adjutant, aid, aide-de-camp, assistant, auxiliary, colleague, companion, consultant, contributor, counter, elf, fetish, gillie, Guardian, helper, helpmate, holder, mate), asistente -mf; ayudante -mf; auxiliar -mf. (various references) medhjälpare (abettor, accessary, accessory, accessory after the fact, accomplice, adjunct, aid, assistant, coadjutor, helper, henchman, second). (various references) yaver (adjt, adjutant, aid de camp, aide de camp, batman), yardımcı (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, aid, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, coadjutor, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, help, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, lieutenant, obliging, second, sidekick, stand by, sub, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), emir subayı (adjt, adjutant, aid de camp, aide de camp). (various references) ад'ютант (adjutant, aide de camp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | auxiliator, auxiliatores, auxiliatoribus, auxiliatrix, minister, ministri, ministris, ministro, ministrorum, ministros, ministrum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aide": aided, aider, aiders, aides. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "aide": alcaide. (additional references) | |
Words containing "aide": alcaides, braided, braider, braiders, counterraided, handmaiden, handmaidens, maiden, maidenhair, maidenhairs, maidenhead, maidenheads, maidenhood, maidenhoods, maidenliness, maidenlinesses, maidenly, maidens, overplaided, plaided, raided, raider, raiders, staider, staidest, triskaidekaphobia, triskaidekaphobias, unaided, unbraided, upbraided, upbraider, upbraiders. (additional references) | |
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"Aide" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aad, aade, aahe, aaie, aarde, acda, acide, aciden, acido, adde, ade, adeem, adef, adeg, adew, adex, adi, Adia, adic, Adide, adie, adiet, Adine, aditex, adiu, adize, Aeddi, aede, ahdaf, aibd, aice, aida, Aidab, Aidam, aidd, Aidee, aidel, aideo, aidev, aidey, Aidez, Aidley, Aidoc, Aidoo, aidu, aidv, Aidy, aie, Aiee, Aieee, Aife, aige, Aike, aime, aine, aire, airee, aireo, aise, aite, aiud, aive, aize, akidi, akido, alde, alide, Amdec, ande, anidder, Aoife, Apidae, apide, apied, Arde, Ardee, aride, aridi, asde, Asdex, atide, auda, aude, Audo, audre, audy, auede, auve, avide, avied, axied, axime, Ayce, ayed, Bahide, eide, Eiduk, Gaida, iada, iade, Iaden, iadz, iae, iate, iiid, iijde, jaite, Kaydee, laide, nadie, naide, paide, sayde, Uidh, yaid, zide. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aide" (pronounced ā"d) |
| 2 | ā" d | afraid, aid, allayed, arcade, arrayed, bade, bayed, betrayed, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, buffeted, Cade, cascade, charade, cliched, colonnade, conveyed, crocheted, crusade, decade, decayed, degrade, delayed, dismayed, disobeyed, displayed, dissuade, evade, fade, Fayed, flayed, forbade, frayed, glade, grade, grenade, hade, handmade, homemade, invade, jade, Lade, laid, lemonade, made, maid, manmade, Masquerade, mislaid, obeyed, okayed, outweighed, overpaid, overplayed, overstayed, paid, palisade, parade, persuade, pervade, played, portrayed, prayed, prepaid, preyed, promenade, raid, rayed, remade, repaid, replayed, sauteed, serenade, shade, spade, sprayed, Stade, staid, stayed, strayed, suede, surveyed, swayed, tirade, trade, unafraid, underpaid, underplayed, unmade, unpaid, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade, Wade, weighed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: idea. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i" | |
-1 letter: aid, die. | |
-2 letters: ad, ae, ai, de, ed, id. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i" | |
+1 letter: abide, adieu, aided, aider, aides, ailed, aimed, aired, amide, aside, azide, deair, ideal, ideas, irade, media, redia. | |
+2 letters: abided, abider, abides, acedia, adieus, adieux, admire, advice, advise, aedile, aedine, aeried, afield, aiders, aidmen, airted, aisled, alined, aliped, allied, amides, arider, ariled, asides, audile, axised, azides, babied, baddie, bailed, baited, biased, caddie, caried, codeia, daiker, daimen, daises, darkie, dassie, dative, dautie, davies, dawtie, deairs, dearie, deasil, degami, denari, denial, derail, detail, detain, diadem, dialed, dialer, diaper, dilate, eidola, elapid, fadein, failed, faired, gained, gaited, hailed, haired, halide, ideals, ideate, imaged, invade, iodate, irades, jailed, laddie, ladies, laired, lazied, maiden, mailed, maimed, mediad, mediae, medial, median, medias, medina, nailed, paiked, pained, paired, pardie, pleiad, raided, raider, railed, rained, raised, rediae, redial, redias, relaid, repaid, resaid, roadie, sailed, sained, tailed, taxied, tirade, uredia, vailed, varied, vialed, visaed, waddie, wadies, waifed, wailed, waired, waited, waived. | |
+3 letters: abiders, abridge, accidie, acedias, acrider, addible, adenine, adenoid, adipose, admired, admirer, admires, admixed, admixes, advices, advised, advisee, adviser, advises, aecidia, aediles, affined, affixed, agisted, agnized, aidless, airdate, airhead, airshed, airthed, alcaide, alibied, alidade, aliened, aligned, alipeds, aliunde, ameboid, amidase, amidine, amidone, aneroid, aniseed, annelid, anodize, antired, anviled, aphides, applied, apsides, araneid, aridest, arrived, aspired, astride, attired, audible, audient, audiles, audited, availed, aviated, avodire, avoided, avoider, awaited, baddies, baldies, bandied, bandies, basined, bawdier, bawdies, beadier, beadily, beading, bedrail, biassed, bighead, bipedal, braided, braider, brailed, brained, braised, brigade, cabined, caddice, caddied, caddies, caducei, cairned, candied, candies, carbide, cardiae, carried, caviled, cedilla, chained, chaired, cicadae, citadel, claimed, codeias, codeina, cyanide, daddies, daffier, daikers, dailies, dairies, daisied, daisies, dallied, dallier, dallies, dandier, dandies, darbies, dariole, darkies, dashier, dassies, datives, daubier, dauties, dawties, dayside, daytime, deafish, deaired, dealing, deaning, dearies, deaving, deciare, decidua, decimal, declaim, decrial, defiant, degamis, delaine, deliria, deltaic, denarii, denials, depaint, deraign, derails, despair, destain, details, detains, detrain, deutzia, deviant, deviate, devisal, diabase, diadems, dialect, dialers, dialled, diallel, dialler, dialyse, dialyze, diamide, diamine, diapers, diaries, diastem, diaster, diazine, diazole, dictate, dieback, diehard, dietary, dilated, dilater, dilates, dilemma, dioxane, diphase, diptera, disable, discase, disease, disrate, dissave, disseat, drained, drainer, dualize, echidna, edacity, edaphic, edictal, elapids, emailed, evading, exordia, faciend, faddier, fadeins, fainted, faithed, fancied, farside, fixated, flailed, gallied, gaudier, gaudies, geoidal, gladier, glaired, glaived, gradine, grained, habited, haemoid, hagride, halides, handier, hardier, hardies, harried, hayride, headier, headily, heading, headpin, helipad, hexadic, hidable, hydriae, ideally, ideated, ideates, impaled, implead, inarmed, incaged, incased, inedita, inhaled, inlaced, instead, invaded, invader, invades, iodated, iodates, isolead, jadeite, jemidar, laddies, lapides, lardier, leadier, leading, liaised, ligated, limeade, lindane, madeira, maidens, married, mediacy, medials, medians, mediant, mediate, medical, medigap, medinas, melodia, mermaid, miaoued, miaowed, miauled, midyear, misdate, misdeal, mislead, mismade, misread, naevoid, naiades, nardine, oedipal, opiated, oxidase, oxidate, paddies, painted, palsied, pandied, pandies, pardine, parried, partied, patined, pedicab, peracid, peridia, piaffed, piebald, pinhead, pirated, pithead, plaided, plained, plaited, pleiads, praised, predial, prepaid, quailed, querida, radiale, radiate, radicel, radices, radicle, radioed, radixes, raiders, rallied, randier, randies, raphide, rapider, ravined, rawhide, readied, readier, readies, readily, reading, readmit, redbait, redials, redtail, residua, ridable, rivaled, roadies, sainted, sallied, sandier, sardine, savvied, seabird, seaside, sedarim, sedilia, shadier, sidearm, sidebar, sidecar, sideman, sideway, snailed, staider, stained, subidea, tabbied, tainted, taliped, tallied, tardier, tardies, tarried, tiaraed, tideway, tirades, toadied, toadies, traiked, trailed, trained, triaged, tribade, unaided, unaimed, unaired, unideal, uranide, uredial, vedalia, vialled, visaged, vistaed, waddied, waddies, waisted, wayside, wearied, windage, zenaida. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 69 64 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .. -.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101001 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A i d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0069 0064 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35757071 |
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