adj
Meaning 1
Helping; giving assistance or support.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- auxiliary troops
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ancillary, accessory
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
auxiliary
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈzɪl.(j)ə.ɹi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ɹi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːkˈsɪl-/
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General-American: /ɔɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi/
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General-American: /ɔɡˈzɪl.i.ɛɹ.i/
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cot-caught-merger: /ɑɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi/
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cot-caught-merger: /ɑɡˈzɪl.i.ɛɹ.i/
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rhymes with -ɪliəɹi
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rhymes with -ɪliɛəɹi
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rhymes with -ɪləɹi
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CMU ARPABET: AA0 G Z IH1 L Y ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 2
Supplementary or subsidiary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Relating to an auxiliary verb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Ellipsis of auxiliary verb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A marching band color guard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
functioning in a supporting capacity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the main library and its auxiliary branches
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
furnishing added support
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an ancillary pump
- an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
- The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
someone who acts as assistant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aide
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assistant, helper, help, supporter
Narrower terms: nursing aide, nurse's aide
History
Etymology
From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”).
Across languages
Translations
131 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: auksilari — helping; giving assistance or support
- Armenian: օժանդակ (ōžandak) — helping; giving assistance or support
- Bulgarian: помощен (pomošten) — helping; giving assistance or support
- Bulgarian: спомагателен (spomagatelen) — helping; giving assistance or support
- Catalan: auxiliar — helping; giving assistance or support
- Chinese Mandarin: 輔助 /辅助 (fǔzhù) — helping; giving assistance or support
- Czech: pomocný — helping; giving assistance or support
- Dutch: helpend — helping; giving assistance or support
- Dutch: ondersteunend — helping; giving assistance or support
- Dutch: hulp- — helping; giving assistance or support
- Esperanto: helpa — helping; giving assistance or support
- Estonian: abistav — helping; giving assistance or support
- Finnish: apu- — helping; giving assistance or support
- Finnish: lisä- — helping; giving assistance or support
- Finnish: avustava — helping; giving assistance or support
- German: helfend — helping; giving assistance or support
- German: unterstützend — helping; giving assistance or support
- German: hilfs- — helping; giving assistance or support
- German: auxiliar — helping; giving assistance or support
- Greek: βοηθητικός (voïthitikós) — helping; giving assistance or support
- Hindi: सहायक (sahāyak) — helping; giving assistance or support
- Hungarian: kisegítő — helping; giving assistance or support
- Hungarian: segéd- — helping; giving assistance or support
- Ido: helpiva — helping; giving assistance or support
- Ido: helpanta — helping; giving assistance or support
- Irish: cúntach — helping; giving assistance or support
- Japanese: 補助の (hojo no) — helping; giving assistance or support
- Korean: 보조 (bojo) — helping; giving assistance or support
- Latin: auxiliāris — helping; giving assistance or support
- Polish: pomocniczy — helping; giving assistance or support
- Polish: pomocnicza — helping; giving assistance or support
- Polish: pomocnicze — helping; giving assistance or support
- Portuguese: auxiliar — helping; giving assistance or support
- Russian: вспомога́тельный (vspomogátelʹnyj) — helping; giving assistance or support
- Serbo-Croatian: pòmoćnī — helping; giving assistance or support
- Swedish: hjälp- — helping; giving assistance or support
- Welsh: ategol — helping; giving assistance or support
- Zazaki: peştiger — helping; giving assistance or support
- Armenian: օժանդակ (ōžandak) — supplementary or subsidiary
- Bulgarian: допълнителен (dopǎlnitelen) — supplementary or subsidiary
- Catalan: auxiliar — supplementary or subsidiary
- Chinese Mandarin: 附属 (fùshǔ) — supplementary or subsidiary
- Dutch: extra — supplementary or subsidiary
- Dutch: bijkomend — supplementary or subsidiary
- Dutch: ondersteunend — supplementary or subsidiary
- Dutch: hulp- — supplementary or subsidiary
- Estonian: täiendav — supplementary or subsidiary
- Finnish: apu- — supplementary or subsidiary
- German: subsidiär — supplementary or subsidiary
- German: unterstützend — supplementary or subsidiary
- Greek: δευτερεύων (defterévon) — supplementary or subsidiary
- Greek: επικουρικός (epikourikós) — supplementary or subsidiary
- Hungarian: kiegészítő — supplementary or subsidiary
- Latin: auxiliāris — supplementary or subsidiary
- Portuguese: auxiliar — supplementary or subsidiary
- Russian: вспомога́тельный (vspomogátelʹnyj) — supplementary or subsidiary
- Russian: дополни́тельный (dopolnítelʹnyj) — supplementary or subsidiary
- Russian: запасно́й (zapasnój) — supplementary or subsidiary
- Serbo-Croatian: spȍredan — supplementary or subsidiary
- Serbo-Croatian: ȕzgrēdan — supplementary or subsidiary
- Serbo-Croatian: ùsputan — supplementary or subsidiary
- Spanish: auxiliar — supplementary or subsidiary
- Swedish: stöd- — supplementary or subsidiary
- Swedish: komplement- — supplementary or subsidiary
- Vietnamese: phụ trợ — supplementary or subsidiary
- Welsh: atodol — supplementary or subsidiary
- Bulgarian: резервен (rezerven) — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Dutch: reserve- — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Finnish: apu- — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Finnish: lisä- — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- German: zurückhaltend — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Greek: αποθεματικός (apothematikós) — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Greek: ανταλλακτικός (antallaktikós) — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Hungarian: tartalék — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Polish: rezerwowy — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Polish: rezerwowa — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Polish: rezerwowe — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Portuguese: auxiliar — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Russian: вспомога́тельный (vspomogátelʹnyj) — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Russian: дополни́тельный (dopolnítelʹnyj) — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Russian: запасно́й (zapasnój) — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Serbo-Croatian: príčuvnī — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Swedish: nöd- — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Swedish: reserv- — held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
- Dutch: met hulpmotor — of a ship, having both sails and an engine
- Finnish: apumoottorillinen — of a ship, having both sails and an engine
- Japanese: 補助艦艇の (hojokantei no) — of a ship, having both sails and an engine
- Bulgarian: спомагателен (spomagatelen) — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Catalan: auxiliar — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Chinese Mandarin: 助动词 (zhùdòngcí) — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Dutch: hulp- — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Finnish: apu- — relating to an auxiliary verb
- French: auxiliaire — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Hungarian: segédigei — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Japanese: 助動詞の (jodōshi no) — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Malayalam: സഹായക (sahāyaka) — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Norwegian: hjelpe- — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Norwegian: hjelpeverb — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Polish: posiłkowy — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Polish: posiłkowa — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Polish: posiłkowe — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Portuguese: auxiliar — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Russian: вспомога́тельный (vspomogátelʹnyj) — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Serbo-Croatian: pòmoćnī — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Welsh: ategol — relating to an auxiliary verb
- Bulgarian: помощник (pomoštnik) — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Finnish: avustaja — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- German: Helfer — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- German: Hilfskraft — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Ido: helpanto — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Ido: helpero — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Ido: helpilo — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Ido: helpivo — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Italian: ausiliare — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Japanese: 補助者 — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Latin: auxiliāris — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Māori: whaitaua — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Portuguese: auxiliar — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Russian: помо́щник (pomóščnik) — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Russian: ассисте́нт (assistént) — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Russian: подсо́бник (podsóbnik) — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Spanish: auxiliar — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Spanish: ayudante — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Turkish: yardımcı — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Ottoman Turkish: یاردمجی (yardımcı) — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Ottoman Turkish: امدادجی (imdâdcı) — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Ottoman Turkish: ناصر (nâsır) — person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
- Dutch: zeilboot met hulpmotor — sailing vessel equipped with an engine
- Japanese: 補助艦艇 — sailing vessel equipped with an engine
- Swedish: auxiliärmaskin — sailing vessel equipped with an engine
- Swedish: hjälpmaskin — sailing vessel equipped with an engine
Real reading context