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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴德 /贵德 (Guìdé).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Germanic *wītaną Frankish *wītanbor. Old Occitan guidar Old Occitan guidabor. Old French guidebor. Middle English guide English guide c. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Cognate with Old English wītan (“to see, take heed to, watch after, guard, keep”). Related also to English wit.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Germanic *wītaną Frankish *wītanbor. Old Occitan guidarbor. Old French guiderbor. Middle English guiden English guide From Middle English guiden, from Old French guider, from Old Occitan guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).

348 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Cantonese: 貴德 /贵德 (gwai3 dak1) — county
• Chinese Mandarin: 貴德 /贵德 (Guìdé) — county
• Southern Altai: јол баштаачы (ǰol baštaačï) — someone who guides
• Arabic: مُرْشِد (muršid) — someone who guides
• Arabic: مُرْشِد سِيَاحِيّ (muršid siyāḥiyy) — someone who guides
• Arabic: دليل (dalīl) — someone who guides
• Armenian: ուղեկցորդ (uġekcʻord) — someone who guides
• Armenian: զբոսավար (zbosavar) — someone who guides
• Armenian: գիդ (gid) — someone who guides
• Asturian: guía — someone who guides
• Azerbaijani: bələdçi — someone who guides
• Azerbaijani: salıqçı — someone who guides
• Basque: gida — someone who guides
• Belarusian: гід (hid) — someone who guides
• Belarusian: экскурсаво́д (ekskursavód) — someone who guides
• Belarusian: правадні́к (pravadník) — someone who guides
• Belarusian: правадні́ца (pravadníca) — someone who guides
• Bengali: মুর্শিদ (murśid) — someone who guides
• Bulgarian: вода́ч (vodáč) — someone who guides
• Bulgarian: екскурзово́д (ekskurzovód) — someone who guides
• Bulgarian: гид (gid) — someone who guides
• Burmese: လမ်းပြ (lam:pra.) — someone who guides
• Catalan: guia — someone who guides
• Chinese Cantonese: 導遊 /导游 or 導游 /导游 (dou6 jau4) — someone who guides
• Chinese Mandarin: 導遊 /导游 or 導游 /导游 (dǎoyóu) — someone who guides
• Czech: průvodce — someone who guides
• Czech: průvodkyně — someone who guides
• Danish: guide — someone who guides
• Dutch: gids — someone who guides
• Esperanto: gvidisto — someone who guides
• Esperanto: gvidanto — someone who guides
• Estonian: giid — someone who guides
• Estonian: reisijuht — someone who guides
• Faroese: ferðaleiðari — someone who guides
• Finnish: opas — someone who guides
• French: guide — someone who guides
• Galician: guía — someone who guides
• Georgian: წინამძღოლი (c̣inamʒɣoli) — someone who guides
• Georgian: მეგზური (megzuri) — someone who guides
• Georgian: გიდი (gidi) — someone who guides
• German: Reiseleiter — someone who guides
• German: Reiseleiterin — someone who guides
• German: Fremdenführer — someone who guides
• German: Fremdenführerin — someone who guides
• Greek: ξεναγός (xenagós) — someone who guides
• Ancient Greek: ὁδηγός (hodēgós) — someone who guides
• Ancient Greek: ἀγωγός (agōgós) — someone who guides
• Haitian Creole: gid — someone who guides
• Hebrew: מורה דרך (morei-deréch) — someone who guides
• Hebrew: מדריך (madríkh) — someone who guides
• Hindi: मार्गदर्शक (mārgadarśak) — someone who guides
• Hindi: रहनुमा (rahnumā) — someone who guides
• Hungarian: vezető — someone who guides
• Hungarian: idegenvezető — someone who guides
• Hungarian: túravezető — someone who guides
• Hungarian: kalauz — someone who guides
• Icelandic: leiðsögumaður — someone who guides
• Indonesian: pemandu — someone who guides
• Irish: treoraí — someone who guides
• Italian: guida — someone who guides
• Japanese: 案内人 (annainin) — someone who guides
• Japanese: 案内役 (annai yaku) — someone who guides
• Japanese: ツアーガイド (tsuāgaido) — someone who guides
• Japanese: 引率者 (insotsusha) — someone who guides
• Korean: 안내인 (annaein) — someone who guides
• Korean: 가이드 (gaideu) — someone who guides
• Korean: 길잡이 (giljabi) — someone who guides
• Korean: 관광 가이드 (gwan'gwang gaideu) — someone who guides
• Korean: 여행 가이드 (yeohaeng gaideu) — someone who guides
• Northern Kurdish: rêzan — someone who guides
• Latin: dux — someone who guides
• Latvian: gids — someone who guides
• Latvian: pavadonis — someone who guides
• Lithuanian: gidas — someone who guides
• Lithuanian: vadovas — someone who guides
• Lithuanian: vedlys — someone who guides
• Macedonian: водич (vodič) — someone who guides
• Malayalam: വഴികാട്ടി (vaḻikāṭṭi) — someone who guides
• Maltese: gwida — someone who guides
• Māori: kaiārahi — someone who guides
• Māori: here — someone who guides
• Mauritian Creole: gid — someone who guides
• Mongolian: газарч (gazarč) — someone who guides
• Norman: dgide — someone who guides
• Norwegian Bokmål: guide — someone who guides
• Norwegian Nynorsk: guide — someone who guides
• Old English: lādtēow — someone who guides
• Iranian Persian: راهْنَما (râhnamâ) — someone who guides
• Iranian Persian: رَهْبَر (rahbar) — someone who guides
• Polish: przewodnik — someone who guides
• Polish: przewodniczka — someone who guides
• Portuguese: guia — someone who guides
• Romanian: ghid — someone who guides
• Russian: гид (gid) — someone who guides
• Russian: экскурсово́д (ekskursovód) — someone who guides
• Russian: проводни́к (provodník) — someone who guides
• Russian: проводни́ца (provodníca) — someone who guides
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-iùil — someone who guides
• Serbo-Croatian: во̀дӣч — someone who guides
• Serbo-Croatian: vòdīč — someone who guides
• Slovak: sprievodca — someone who guides
• Slovak: sprievodkyňa — someone who guides
• Slovene: vodič — someone who guides
• Slovene: vodnik — someone who guides
• Spanish: guía — someone who guides
• Swahili: kiongozi — someone who guides
• Swedish: guide — someone who guides
• Tagalog: patnubay — someone who guides
• Tagalog: gabay — someone who guides
• Tajik: роҳнамо (rohnamo) — someone who guides
• Tatar: йөртүче (yörtüçe) — someone who guides
• Tatar: озата баручы (ozata baruçı) — someone who guides
• Tatar: юл күрсәтүче (yul kürsätüçe) — someone who guides
• Tatar: экскурсия үткәрүче (eksqürsiyä ütkärüçe) — someone who guides
• Thai: มัคคุเทศก์ (mák-kú-têet) — someone who guides
• Tocharian B: ṣarpṣūkiññe — someone who guides
• Turkish: rehber — someone who guides
• Ottoman Turkish: قلاووز (kılavuz) — someone who guides
• Ottoman Turkish: رهبر (rehber) — someone who guides
• Ottoman Turkish: بدرقه (bedreka, bedraka) — someone who guides
• Ukrainian: гід (hid) — someone who guides
• Ukrainian: екскурсово́д (ekskursovód) — someone who guides
• Ukrainian: провідни́к (providnýk) — someone who guides
• Ukrainian: провідни́ця (providnýcja) — someone who guides
• Urdu: رَہْنُما (rahnumā) — someone who guides
• Urdu: رَہْبَر (rahbar) — someone who guides
• Vietnamese: hướng dẫn viên — someone who guides
• Volapük: tävageidan — someone who guides
• Volapük: tävahigeidan — someone who guides
• Volapük: tävajigeidan — someone who guides
• Volapük: geidan — someone who guides
• Volapük: higeidan — someone who guides
• Volapük: jigeidan — someone who guides
• Záparo: akamínu — someone who guides
• Arabic: دَلِيل (dalīl) — document, book
• Armenian: ձեռնարկ (jeṙnark) — document, book
• Armenian: ուղեցույց (uġecʻuycʻ) — document, book
• Asturian: guía — document, book
• Basque: gida — document, book
• Belarusian: кіраўні́цтва (kirawníctva) — document, book
• Belarusian: даве́днік (davjédnik) — document, book
• Belarusian: даро́жнiк (daróžnik) — document, book
• Bulgarian: ръково́дство (rǎkovódstvo) — document, book
• Bulgarian: пътеводи́тел (pǎtevodítel) — document, book
• Bulgarian: гид (gid) — document, book
• Catalan: guia — document, book
• Chinese Cantonese: 指南 (zi2 naam4) — document, book
• Chinese Mandarin: 指南 (zhǐnán) — document, book
• Czech: průvodce — document, book
• Czech: příručka — document, book
• Danish: guide — document, book
• Danish: vejledning — document, book
• Dutch: gids — document, book
• Finnish: opas — document, book
• Finnish: opaskirja — document, book
• French: guide — document, book
• Galician: guía — document, book
• German: Anleitung — document, book
• German: Führer — document, book
• Greek: εγχειρίδιο (encheirídio) — document, book
• Hungarian: útmutató — document, book
• Hungarian: útikönyv — document, book
• Hungarian: kézikönyv — document, book
• Hungarian: szakkönyv — document, book
• Icelandic: leiðsögurit — document, book
• Indonesian: panduan — document, book
• Indonesian: pedoman — document, book
• Irish: treoir — document, book
• Italian: guida — document, book
• Japanese: 手引き (tebiki) — document, book
• Japanese: 説明書 (setsumei sho) — document, book
• Japanese: 案内書 (annai sho) — document, book
• Japanese: ガイド (gaido) — document, book
• Japanese: ガイドブック (gaidobukku) — document, book
• Korean: 가이드 (gaideu) — document, book
• Korean: 안내서 (annaeseo) — document, book
• Latvian: ceļvedis — document, book
• Latvian: rokasgrāmata — document, book
• Lithuanian: vadovas — document, book
• Macedonian: во́дич (vódič) — document, book
• Macedonian: у́патство (úpatstvo) — document, book
• Maltese: ktieb gwida — document, book
• Māori: pukatohu — document, book
• Māori: pukapuka arahi — document, book
• Norwegian Bokmål: guide — document, book
• Norwegian Nynorsk: guide — document, book
• Iranian Persian: راهْنَما (râhnamâ) — document, book
• Iranian Persian: کِتابِ راهْنَما (ketâb-e râhnamâ) — document, book
• Polish: przewodnik — document, book
• Polish: poradnik — document, book
• Polish: instrukcja — document, book
• Portuguese: guia — document, book
• Romanian: ghid — document, book
• Russian: руково́дство (rukovódstvo) — document, book
• Russian: путеводи́тель (putevodítelʹ) — document, book
• Russian: гайд (gajd) — document, book
• Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-iùil — document, book
• Serbo-Croatian: упу̀тство — document, book
• Serbo-Croatian: во̀дӣч — document, book
• Serbo-Croatian: upùtstvo — document, book
• Serbo-Croatian: vòdīč — document, book
• Slovak: príručka — document, book
• Slovak: prievodca — document, book
• Slovene: vodnik — document, book
• Slovene: vodič — document, book
• Spanish: guía — document, book
• Swahili: mwongozo — document, book
• Swedish: guidebok — document, book
• Swedish: guide — document, book
• Tagalog: gabay — document, book
• Thai: คู่มือการเดินทาง (kûu-mʉʉ-gaan-dəən-taang) — document, book
• Turkish: rehber — document, book
• Ukrainian: керівни́цтво (kerivnýctvo) — document, book
• Ukrainian: путівни́к (putivnýk) — document, book
• Urdu: رَہْنُما (rahnumā) — document, book
• Vietnamese: sách hướng dẫn — document, book
• Volapük: geidian — document, book
• Volapük: tävageidian — document, book
• Belarusian: паказа́льнік (pakazálʹnik) — sign
• Belarusian: знак (znak) — sign
• Bulgarian: указа́тел (ukazátel) — sign
• Danish: vejviser — sign
• Finnish: opaste — sign
• Hungarian: tábla — sign
• Japanese: 指標 (shihyō) — sign
• Korean: 지표 (jipyo) — sign
• Macedonian: патоказ (patokaz) — sign
• Maltese: tabella — sign
• Polish: drogowskaz — sign
• Portuguese: indicação — sign
• Russian: указа́тель (ukazátelʹ) — sign
• Russian: знак (znak) — sign
• Scottish Gaelic: iùl — sign
• Slovene: smerokaz — sign
• Tatar: билге (bilge) — sign
• Ukrainian: пока́жчик (pokážčyk) — sign
• Ukrainian: знак (znak) — sign
• Belarusian: арыенці́р (aryjencír) — any marking or object that provides quick reference
• Belarusian: арыенты́р (aryjentýr) — any marking or object that provides quick reference
• Bulgarian: ориенти́р (orientír) — any marking or object that provides quick reference
• Finnish: merkki — any marking or object that provides quick reference
• Finnish: merkintä — any marking or object that provides quick reference
• Russian: ориенти́р (orijentír) — any marking or object that provides quick reference
• Scottish Gaelic: iùl — any marking or object that provides quick reference
• Tatar: ориентир (oriyentir) — any marking or object that provides quick reference
• Ukrainian: орієнти́р (orijentýr) — any marking or object that provides quick reference
• Bulgarian: вода́ч (vodáč) — device
• Finnish: johdatin — device
• Finnish: johde — device
• Macedonian: во́дилка (vódilka) — device
• Māori: paparangi — device
• Māori: matua — device
• Russian: направля́ющая (napravljájuščaja) — device
• Scottish Gaelic: iùl — device
• Tatar: тигезләгеч (tigezlägeç) — device
• Arabic: دَلَّ (dalla) — to serve as a guide person
• Arabic: هَدَى (hadā) — to serve as a guide person
• Arabic: أَرْشَدَ (ʔaršada) — to serve as a guide person
• Asturian: guiar — to serve as a guide person
• Belarusian: праводзіць (pravódzicʹ) — to serve as a guide person
• Bulgarian: водя (vodja) — to serve as a guide person
• Bulgarian: превеждам (preveždam) — to serve as a guide person
• Bulgarian: преводя (prevodja) — to serve as a guide person
• Burmese: လမ်းပြ (lam:pra.) — to serve as a guide person
• Catalan: guiar — to serve as a guide person
• Catalan: menar — to serve as a guide person
• Chinese Mandarin: 導游 /导游 (dǎoyóu) — to serve as a guide person
• Cimbrian: büuran — to serve as a guide person
• Czech: provést — to serve as a guide person
• Dutch: gidsen — to serve as a guide person
• Esperanto: gvidi — to serve as a guide person
• Estonian: juhatama — to serve as a guide person
• Estonian: suunama — to serve as a guide person
• Finnish: opastaa — to serve as a guide person
• French: guider — to serve as a guide person
• Galician: guiar — to serve as a guide person
• German: führen — to serve as a guide person
• Greek: οδηγώ (odigó) — to serve as a guide person
• Ancient Greek: ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai) — to serve as a guide person
• Haitian Creole: gide — to serve as a guide person
• Hindi: मार्गदर्शक (mārgadarśak) — to serve as a guide person
• Hungarian: kalauzol — to serve as a guide person
• Hungarian: vezet — to serve as a guide person
• Hungarian: irányít — to serve as a guide person
• Icelandic: leiðsegja — to serve as a guide person
• Ido: guidar — to serve as a guide person
• Irish: treoraigh — to serve as a guide person
• Italian: guidare — to serve as a guide person
• Japanese: 案内する (annai suru) — to serve as a guide person
• Korean: 안내하다 (annaehada) — to serve as a guide person
• Latin: dērigō — to serve as a guide person
• Macedonian: во́ди (vódi) — to serve as a guide person
• Macedonian: упа́тува (upátuva) — to serve as a guide person
• Maltese: tigwida — to serve as a guide person
• Maltese: turi — to serve as a guide person
• Māori: arahi — to serve as a guide person
• Māori: here — to serve as a guide person
• Mauritian Creole: gide — to serve as a guide person
• Norwegian Bokmål: guide — to serve as a guide person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: guide — to serve as a guide person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: guida — to serve as a guide person
• Occitan: guidar — to serve as a guide person
• Old English: wīsian — to serve as a guide person
• Portuguese: guiar — to serve as a guide person
• Russian: быть проводнико́м (bytʹ provodnikóm) — to serve as a guide person
• Russian: вести́ (vestí) — to serve as a guide person
• Russian: провожа́ть (provožátʹ) — to serve as a guide person
• Russian: проводи́ть (provodítʹ) — to serve as a guide person
• Sanskrit: नयति (nayati) — to serve as a guide person
• Spanish: guiar — to serve as a guide person
• Swedish: guida — to serve as a guide person
• Tatar: озатырга (ozatırğa) — to serve as a guide person
• Tatar: йөртергә (yörtergä) — to serve as a guide person
• Tatar: үткәрергә (ütkärergä) — to serve as a guide person
• Ottoman Turkish: گوتورمك (götürmek) — to serve as a guide person
• Ukrainian: проводи́ти (provodýty) — to serve as a guide person
• Ukrainian: вести́ (vestý) — to serve as a guide person
• Ukrainian: бу́ти провіднико́м (búty providnykóm) — to serve as a guide person
• Venetan: menar — to serve as a guide person
• Bulgarian: управлявам (upravljavam) — to steer or navigate a ship
• Bulgarian: направлявам (napravljavam) — to steer or navigate a ship
• Finnish: ohjata — to steer or navigate a ship
• Finnish: kuljettaa — to steer or navigate a ship
• Finnish: navigoida — to steer or navigate a ship
• Galician: guiar — to steer or navigate a ship
• Hungarian: irányít — to steer or navigate a ship
• Hungarian: kormányoz — to steer or navigate a ship
• Hungarian: navigál — to steer or navigate a ship
• Hungarian: vezérel — to steer or navigate a ship
• Japanese: 誘導する (yūdō suru) — to steer or navigate a ship
• Kazakh: бағыттау (bağyttau) — to steer or navigate a ship
• Macedonian: упра́вува (uprávuva) — to steer or navigate a ship
• Portuguese: guiar — to steer or navigate a ship
• Russian: управля́ть (upravljátʹ) — to steer or navigate a ship
• Bulgarian: ръководя (rǎkovodja) — to exert control or influence
• Bulgarian: направлявам (napravljavam) — to exert control or influence
• Finnish: hoitaa — to exert control or influence
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (waldan) — to exert control or influence
• Indonesian: kendali — to exert control or influence
• Bulgarian: ръководя (rǎkovodja) — to supervise education
• Bulgarian: наставлявам (nastavljavam) — to supervise education
• Esperanto: gvidi — to supervise education
• Finnish: opastaa — to supervise education
• Finnish: ohjata — to supervise education
• Galician: guiar — to supervise education
• Ido: guidar — to supervise education
• Japanese: 指導する (shidō suru) — to supervise education
• Spanish: guiar — to supervise education