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A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: auxiliary, helper verb, helping verb
Antonyms: none provided
a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: verb
Narrower terms: modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary, modal verb, modal
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
օժանդակ բայ
(ōžandak bay)
— a helping verb
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Belarusian:
дапамо́жны дзеясло́ў
(dapamóžny dzjejaslów)
— a helping verb
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Breton:
verb-skoazell
— a helping verb
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Bulgarian:
спомагателен глагол
(spomagatelen glagol)
— a helping verb
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Catalan:
verb auxiliar
— a helping verb
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Catalan:
auxiliar
— a helping verb
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Chinese Mandarin:
助動詞 /助动词
(zhùdòngcí)
— a helping verb
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Czech:
pomocné sloveso
— a helping verb
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Danish:
hjælpeudsagnsord
— a helping verb
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Danish:
hjælpeverbum
— a helping verb
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Dutch:
hulpwerkwoord
— a helping verb
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Esperanto:
helpverbo
— a helping verb
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Faroese:
hjálparsagnorð
— a helping verb
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Finnish:
apuverbi
— a helping verb
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French:
verbe auxiliaire
— a helping verb
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French:
verbe servile
— a helping verb
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French:
auxiliaire
— a helping verb
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French:
servile
— a helping verb
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Galician:
verbo auxiliar
— a helping verb
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Georgian:
დამხმარე ზმნა
(damxmare zmna)
— a helping verb
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Georgian:
მეშველი ზმნა
(mešveli zmna)
— a helping verb
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German:
Auxiliar
— a helping verb
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German:
Auxiliare
— a helping verb
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German:
Auxiliarverb
— a helping verb
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German:
Hilfsverb
— a helping verb
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German:
Hilfsverbum
— a helping verb
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German:
Hilfswort
— a helping verb
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German:
Hilfszeitwort
— a helping verb
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Greek:
βοηθητικό ρήμα
(voïthitikó ríma)
— a helping verb
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Hungarian:
segédige
— a helping verb
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Icelandic:
hjálparsögn
— a helping verb
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Ido:
helpoverbo
— a helping verb
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Indonesian:
kata kerja bantu
— a helping verb
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Indonesian:
verba bantu
— a helping verb
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Irish:
briathar cúnta
— a helping verb
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Italian:
verbo ausiliare
— a helping verb
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Italian:
ausiliare
— a helping verb
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Japanese:
助動詞
(jodōshi)
— a helping verb
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Japanese:
補助動詞
(hojo dōshi)
— a helping verb
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Kazakh:
көмекші етістік
(kömekşı etıstık)
— a helping verb
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Korean:
조동사
(jodongsa)
— a helping verb
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Latin:
verbum auxiliare
— a helping verb
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Latvian:
palīga darbības vārds
— a helping verb
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Lithuanian:
pagalbinis veiksmažodis
— a helping verb
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Luxembourgish:
Hëllefsverb
— a helping verb
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Malay:
kata kerja bantu
— a helping verb
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Malayalam:
സഹായകക്രിയ
(sahāyakakriya)
— a helping verb
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Norman:
vèrbe auxiliaithe
— a helping verb
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hjelpeverb
— a helping verb
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
hjelpeverb
— a helping verb
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Persian:
فعل کمکی
— a helping verb
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Persian:
فعل معین
— a helping verb
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Polish:
czasownik posiłkowy
— a helping verb
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Portuguese:
verbo auxiliar
— a helping verb
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Punjabi:
ਸਹਾਇਕ ਕਿਰਿਆ
(sahāika kiriā)
— a helping verb
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Romanian:
verb auxiliar
— a helping verb
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Romanian:
verb ajutător
— a helping verb
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Russian:
вспомога́тельный глаго́л
(vspomogátelʹnyj glagól)
— a helping verb
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Scottish Gaelic:
gnìomhair taiceil
— a helping verb
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Serbo-Croatian:
помоћни глагол
— a helping verb
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Serbo-Croatian:
pomoćni glagol
— a helping verb
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Slovak:
pomocné sloveso
— a helping verb
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Slovene:
pomožni glagol
— a helping verb
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Spanish:
verbo auxiliar
— a helping verb
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Spanish:
auxiliar
— a helping verb
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Swedish:
hjälpverb
— a helping verb
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Tamil:
துணைவினை
(tuṇaiviṉai)
— a helping verb
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Thai:
กริยานุเคราะห์
(grì-yaa-nú-krɔ́)
— a helping verb
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Thai:
กริยาช่วย
(grì-yaa-chûai)
— a helping verb
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Turkish:
yardımcı fiil
— a helping verb
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Turkish:
yardımcı eylem
— a helping verb
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Ukrainian:
допомі́жне́ дієсло́во
(dopomížné dijeslóvo)
— a helping verb
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Vietnamese:
trợ động từ
— a helping verb
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Welsh:
berf gynorthwyol
— a helping verb
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Yiddish:
הילפֿסווערב
(hilfsverb)
— a helping verb
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Zazaki:
fiilo peştiger
— a helping verb