adj
Meaning 1
Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a helpful clue
- a helpful person
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unhelpful
Standard Lemma guide
helpful
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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/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 L P F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
providing assistance or serving a useful function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unhelpful
History
Etymology
From Middle English helpful; equivalent to help + -ful.
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: behulpsaam — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Arabic: نَافِع (nāfiʕ) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Arabic: مُفِيد (mufīd) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Armenian: օգտակար (ōgtakar) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Azerbaijani: köməksevər — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Bulgarian: полезен (polezen) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Bulgarian: услужлив (uslužliv) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Bulgarian: отзивчив (otzivčiv) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Catalan: útil — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Chinese Mandarin: 有幫助 /有帮助 (yǒubāngzhù) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Czech: nápomocný — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Danish: hjælpsom — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Dutch: behulpzaam — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Esperanto: helpema — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Estonian: abivalmis — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Estonian: kasulik — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Finnish: avulias — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Finnish: auttavainen — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Finnish: hyödyllinen — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- French: utile — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- French: serviable — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- French: aidant — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Georgian: დამხმარე (damxmare) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Georgian: მარგებელი (margebeli) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Georgian: სასარგებლო (sasargeblo) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Georgian: გამოსადეგი (gamosadegi) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Georgian: ვარგისი (vargisi) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- German: hilfreich — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- German: hilfsbereit — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Ancient Greek: ὠφέλιμος (ōphélimos) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Hindi: मददगार (madadgār) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Hungarian: segítőkész — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Hungarian: készséges — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Hungarian: szolgálatkész — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Hungarian: hasznos — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Icelandic: hjálpsamur — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Icelandic: gagnlegt — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Ido: helpema — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Irish: cúntach — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Italian: disponibile — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Italian: utile — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Italian: d'aiuto — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Japanese: 役に立つ (yakunitatsu) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Japanese: 有用 (yūyō) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Latin: opifer — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Latin: adiūtābilis — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Norwegian: hjelpsom — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Persian: سودمند — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Plautdietsch: behelplich — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Polish: pomocny — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Polish: uczynny — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Portuguese: prestável — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Portuguese: útil — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Romanian: util — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Romanian: ajutător — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Russian: поле́зный (poléznyj) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Russian: любе́зный (ljubéznyj) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Scottish Gaelic: cuideachail — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Lower Sorbian: pomocny — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Spanish: servicial — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Spanish: adyuvante — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Spanish: acomedido — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Spanish: ayudador — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Spanish: de ayuda (mucha) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Swedish: hjälpsam — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Tocharian B: ekītatstse — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Urdu: مددگار (madadgār) — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Vietnamese: hay giúp đỡ — furnishing help; giving aid; useful
Real reading context