assistance

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• UK: /əˈsɪs.təns/
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• rhymes with -ɪstəns
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 S IH1 S T AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English assistance, from Middle French assistance, from Medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assistō (“to stand at”). By surface analysis, assist + -ance.

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hulp — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Albanian: ndihmë — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Arabic: مُسَاعَدَة (musāʕada) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Arabic: إِمْدَاد (ʔimdād) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Armenian: աջակցություն (aǰakcʻutʻyun) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Armenian: օգնություն (ōgnutʻyun) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Azerbaijani: yardım — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Azerbaijani: kömək — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Bashkir: ярҙам (yarźam) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Belarusian: дапамо́га (dapamóha) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Bengali: সাহায্য (śahajjo) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Bengali: মদদ (modod) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Bulgarian: по́мощ (pómošt) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Bulgarian: съде́йствие (sǎdéjstvie) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Catalan: assistència — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Chinese: бонцу (boncu) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Chinese: бон (bon) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Chinese Mandarin: 援助 (yuánzhù) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Chinese Mandarin: 幫助 /帮助 (bāngzhù) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Crimean Tatar: yardım — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Czech: asistence — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Czech: pomoc — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Danish: hjælp — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Dutch: hulp — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Dutch: assistentie — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Estonian: abi — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Finnish: apu — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Finnish: avustaminen — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• French: assistance — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Galician: asistencia — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Georgian: დახმარება (daxmareba) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• German: Hilfe — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Greek: βοήθεια (voḯtheia) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Haitian Creole: asistans — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Hebrew: עֶזְרָה (ʿezrá) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Hindi: मदद (madad) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Hindi: सहायता (sahāytā) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Hindi: इमदाद (imdād) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Hungarian: segítség — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Icelandic: aðstoð — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Icelandic: hjálp — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Ido: helpo — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Ido: sokurso — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Irish: cabhair — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Irish: cuidiú — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Irish: cúnamh — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Italian: assistenza — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Japanese: 援助 (enjo) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Japanese: 助け (tasuke) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Japanese: 手助け (tedasuke) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Japanese: 手伝い (tetsudai) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Javanese: ꦱꦿꦪ (sraya) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Kazakh: асар (asar) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Kazakh: бөксер (bökser) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Kazakh: жәрдем (järdem) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Khmer: ជំនួយ (cumnuəy) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Khmer: កិច្ចសង្គ្រោះ (kəc sɑɑsɑngkrŭəh) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Komi-Permyak: отсӧт (otsöt) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Korean: 도움 (doum) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Korean: 원조 (wonjo) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Korean: 지원 (jiwon) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Central Kurdish: یارمەتی (yarmetî) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Kyrgyz: жардам (jardam) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Latin: adiumentum — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Latvian: palīdzlība — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Lithuanian: pagalba — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Macedonian: помош (pomoš) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Marathi: सहाय्य (sahāyya) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Marathi: मदत (madat) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Mongolian: тусламж (tuslamž) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Norwegian Bokmål: hjelp — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hjelp — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Church Slavic: помощь (pomoštĭ) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Pannonian Rusyn: помоц (pomoc) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Iranian Persian: یاری (yâri) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Iranian Persian: کُمَک (komak) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Iranian Persian: دَسْتْیاری (dastyâri) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Iranian Persian: مُعاضَدَت (mo'âzadat) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Iranian Persian: اِمْداد (emdâd) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Iranian Persian: مُساعِدَت (mosâ'edat) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Iranian Persian: مَدَد (madad) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Plautdietsch: Help — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Polish: pomoc — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Portuguese: assistência — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Romanian: asistență — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Romanian: ajutor — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Russian: по́мощь (pómoščʹ) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Russian: соде́йствие (sodéjstvije) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Russian: подде́ржка (poddéržka) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Sanskrit: उपकार (upakāra) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏мо̄ћ — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍmōć — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Slovak: pomoc — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Slovene: pomọ̑č — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Spanish: asistencia — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Swahili: usaidizi — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Swedish: hjälp — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Tajik: ёрӣ (yori) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Tajik: ёрмандӣ (yormandi) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Tajik: мадад (madad) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Tajik: кӯмак (kümak) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Tajik: имдод (imdod) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Tatar: ярдәм (yärdäm) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Telugu: సహాయము (sahāyamu) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Thai: ความช่วยเหลือ (kwaam-chûai-lʉ̌ʉa) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Tocharian B: ekito — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Turkish: yardım — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Turkish: medet — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Ottoman Turkish: مساعده (müsâʼade) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Ottoman Turkish: امداد (imdad) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Ottoman Turkish: یاردم (yardım) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Turkmen: ýardam — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Turkmen: kömek — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Ukrainian: допомо́га (dopomóha) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Ukrainian: по́міч (pómič) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Urdu: مَدَد (madad) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Urdu: اِمْداد (imdād) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Urdu: کُمَک (kumak) — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Uzbek: еrdam — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Uzbek: koʻmak — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Uzbek: yordam — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Uzbek: bermoq — aid; help; the act or result of assisting
• Vietnamese: sự giúp đỡ — aid; help; the act or result of assisting