Phrase guide

guide dog

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A dog that is trained to be of assistance to a visually impaired or hearing-impaired person and is thus able to guide them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dog guide

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: service dog, working dog, working animal, animal

2

noun

Meaning 2

a dog trained to guide the blind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: working dog

Narrower terms: Seeing Eye dog

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: leihond — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Catalan: gos pigall — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 導盲犬 /导盲犬 (dǎomángquǎn) — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Danish: førerhund — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Dutch: geleidehond — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Dutch: blindengeleidehond — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Estonian: juhtkoer — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Finnish: opaskoira — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • French: chien d'aveugle — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • French: chien guide d'aveugle — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • German: Blindenhund — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • German: Blindenführhund — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Hebrew: כֶּלֶב נְחִיָּה (kélev n'ẖiyá) — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Hungarian: vakvezető kutya — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Japanese: 盲導犬 (mōdōken) — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Korean: 맹도견 (maengdogyeon) — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Malay: anjing pandu — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Māori: kurī arataki — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: førerhund — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: førarhund — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Polish: pies przewodnik — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Portuguese: cão-guia — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Russian: соба́ка-поводы́рь (sobáka-povodýrʹ) — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Spanish: perro guía — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Spanish: lazarillo — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Spanish: perro lazarillo — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Swedish: ledarhund — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Swedish: blindhund — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
  • Turkish: rehber köpek — dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person