Phrase guide

first aid

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Basic medical care that is administered to a victim of an injury, usually where the injury is slight or where better care is unavailable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

emergency care given before regular medical aid can be obtained

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: care, attention, aid, tending

History

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Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ndihmë e shpejtë — basic care
  • Arabic: إِسْعَافَات أَوَّلِيَّة (ʔisʕāfāt ʔawwaliyya) — basic care
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܼܫܦܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (ušpā qammāyā) — basic care
  • Asturian: primeros auxilios — basic care
  • Basque: lehen sorospen — basic care
  • Basque: lehen laguntza — basic care
  • Bulgarian: бърза помощ (bǎrza pomošt) — basic care
  • Catalan: primers auxilis — basic care
  • Chinese Cantonese: 急救 (gap1 gau3) — basic care
  • Chinese Mandarin: 急救 (jíjiù) — basic care
  • Cornish: sokor kynsa — basic care
  • Czech: první pomoc — basic care
  • Danish: førstehjælp — basic care
  • Dutch: eerste hulp — basic care
  • Dutch: EHBO — basic care
  • Esperanto: unua helpo — basic care
  • Estonian: esmaabi — basic care
  • Faroese: fyrstahjálp — basic care
  • Finnish: ensiapu — basic care
  • Finnish: ensihoito — basic care
  • French: premiers secours — basic care
  • French: premiers soins — basic care
  • Friulian: prin socors — basic care
  • Galician: primeiros auxilios — basic care
  • Galician: primeiros socorros — basic care
  • Georgian: პირველადი დახმარება (ṗirveladi daxmareba) — basic care
  • Georgian: პირველი დახმარება (ṗirveli daxmareba) — basic care
  • Georgian: გადაუდებელი დახმარება (gadaudebeli daxmareba) — basic care
  • German: Erste Hilfe — basic care
  • German: Nothilfe — basic care
  • German: Unfallhilfe — basic care
  • Greek: πρώτες βοήθειες (prótes voḯtheies) — basic care
  • Hebrew: עֶזרָה רִאשׁוֹנָה (ezrá rishoná) — basic care
  • Hindi: प्रथमोपचार (prathmopcār) — basic care
  • Hungarian: elsősegély — basic care
  • Icelandic: skyndihjálp — basic care
  • Ido: unesma sokurso — basic care
  • Indonesian: pertolongan pertama — basic care
  • Irish: garchabhair — basic care
  • Italian: primo soccorso — basic care
  • Japanese: 救急 (kyūkyū) — basic care
  • Japanese: 応急処置 (ōkyūshochi) — basic care
  • Japanese: 救護 (kyūgo) — basic care
  • Japanese: 応急措置 (ōkyūsochi) — basic care
  • Korean: 구급 (gugeup) — basic care
  • Latvian: pirmā palīdzība — basic care
  • Lithuanian: pirmoji pagalba — basic care
  • Luxembourgish: Nouthëllef — basic care
  • Macedonian: прва помош (prva pomoš) — basic care
  • Malay: pertolongan cemas — basic care
  • Mongolian: анхны тусламж (anxny tuslamž) — basic care
  • Norman: doctrinn'nie — basic care
  • Norwegian Bokmål: førstehjelp — basic care
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: førstehjelp — basic care
  • Polish: pierwsza pomoc — basic care
  • Portuguese: primeiros socorros — basic care
  • Romanian: prim ajutor — basic care
  • Romansh: emprim agid — basic care
  • Russian: пе́рвая по́мощь (pérvaja pómoščʹ) — basic care
  • Scottish Gaelic: ciad-fhuasgladh — basic care
  • Serbo-Croatian: прва помоћ — basic care
  • Serbo-Croatian: prva pomoć — basic care
  • Sinhalese: ප්රථමාධාර (prathamādhāra) — basic care
  • Slovak: prvá pomoc — basic care
  • Slovene: prva pomoč — basic care
  • Lower Sorbian: prědna pomoc — basic care
  • Spanish: primeros auxilios — basic care
  • Swahili: huduma ya kwanza — basic care
  • Swedish: första hjälpen — basic care
  • Tagalog: paunang lunas — basic care
  • Tagalog: unang lunas — basic care
  • Tagalog: kagyat na lunas — basic care
  • Tagalog: paunang tulong-panlunas — basic care
  • Tamil: முதலுதவி (mutalutavi) — basic care
  • Tatar: беренче ярдәм (berençe yärdäm) — basic care
  • Thai: ปฐมพยาบาล (bpà-tǒm-pá-yaa-baan) — basic care
  • Turkish: ilk yardım — basic care
  • Turkmen: ilkinji kömek — basic care
  • Ukrainian: пе́рша допомо́га (pérša dopomóha) — basic care
  • Vietnamese: sơ cấp cứu — basic care
  • Welsh: cymorth cyntaf — basic care
  • Yiddish: גיכע הילף (gikhe hilf) — basic care