help

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
2. (uncountable, usually) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
3. (uncountable, usually) Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
4. (countable, usually) A study aid.
5. (uncountable, usually) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
6. (uncountable, usually) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
2. (transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
3. (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
4. (intransitive) To provide assistance.
5. (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
6. (Hong-Kong, Singapore) To do something on the behalf of someone.
7. (Singapore, Singlish, imperative) To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation.

Intj

1. A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance.
2. (Internet) A way to signal uncontrollable laughter; implying the risk of dying of laughter and needing assistance.

Concepts

aider

aide

secourir

secours

assistance

assister

au secours

assistant

auxiliaire

Au secours

servir

adjoint

aides

rendre service

appui

seconder

sauvetage

sauver

entraide

serviteur

domestique

à l’aide

faciliter

appuyer

soutenir

laide

contribuer

défendre

second

2nd

soigner

soulager

soutien

subsidiaire

tendre

traiter

adjointe

aide financière

aider à

assistante

contribuer à

coopérant

coup de main

entraider

prêter son concours à

sacerdoce

secouriste

se servir

venir en aide

support moral

assiatance

Synonymes

aid

assist

assistance

support

relieve

succor

succour

relief

assistant

rescue

avail

benefit

favour

promote

service

helper

helping

abet

serve

save

protect

hand

✋

facilitate

sustain

lend a hand

accomodate

help out

favor

cooperate

lift

helpmate

remedy

protection

accommodate

patronage

shelter

auxiliary

advance

salvation

maintain

help oneself

kindness

befriend

further

refuge

guide

backing

aide

prop up

ministration

Traductions

Hilfe

ayudar

helfen

aiuto

aiutare

ayuda

ajudar

helpen

hulp

Beistand

ajuda

βοηθώ

βοήθεια

socorro

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hɛlp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: help

Hérité de ancien anglais: help

Appartenant à saterlandais: Hälpe

Appartenant à frison occidental: help

Appartenant à néerlandais: hulp

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Hülp

Appartenant à allemand: Hilfe

Appartenant à danois: hjælp

Appartenant à suédois: hjälp

Appartenant à norvégien: hjelp

Hérité de moyen anglais: helpen

Hérité de ancien anglais: helpan

Appartenant à frison occidental: helpe

Appartenant à néerlandais: helpen

Appartenant à bas-allemand: helpen

Appartenant à allemand: helfen

Appartenant à danois: hjælpe

Appartenant à norvégien: hjelpe

Appartenant à lituanien: šelpti

In summary

From Middle English help, from Old English help (“help, aid, assistance, relief”), from Proto-Germanic *helpō (“help”), *hilpiz, *hulpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälpe (“help”), West Frisian help (“help”), Cimbrian hölfe (“help”), Dutch hulp (“help”), German Hilfe (“help, aid, assistance”), Luxembourgish Hëllef (“help”), Mòcheno hilf (“help”), Vilamovian hyłf (“help”), Yiddish הילף (hilf, “help”), Danish hjælp (“help”), Faroese, Icelandic hjálp (“help”), Norwegian Bokmål hjelp (“help”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjelp, hjølp (“help”), Swedish hjälp (“help”).

Phrases

Despite this she would bring back home people who needed help .

Malgré cela, elle ramènerait des gens à la maison qui avaient besoin d'aide.

I will ask Liam if he can help me look .

Je demanderai à Liam s'il peut m'aider à regarder.

The bridge was constructed with the help of the Japanese Government .

Le pont a été construit avec l'aide du gouvernement japonais.

They shouted consolation and promises and went off back to the town again to get help .

Ils ont crié la consolation et les promesses et sont revenus en ville pour obtenir de l'aide.

I can not help but feel that this topic is hopelessly outdated .

Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de penser que ce sujet est désespérément dépassé.

The bank prospered with help from the railroad .

La banque a prospéré avec l'aide du chemin de fer.