different between adjutant vs aide

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin adi?t?, frequentative of adiuv? (“assist”). First attested in 17th century. Or from Latin adiuv?ns, present participle of adiuv?, from iuv? (“help”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-j'?-t?nt IPA^(key): /?æ.d??.t?nt/

Noun

adjutant (plural adjutants)

1. (military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
2. An assistant.
3. (zoology) Any bird of the genus Leptoptilos, a branch of the stork family (Ciconiidae) native to India and Southeast Asia.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Plotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

Synonyms

• (bird): adjutant bird

Hyponyms

• greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius); lesser adjutant (L. javanicus); marabou (L. crumeniferus)

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

adjutant (not comparable)

1. Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.

Synonyms

• adj.
• adjt.

See also

• adjuvant
• aid

French

Noun

adjutant m (plural adjutants)

1. (military) warrant officer class 1, warrant officer

Romanian

Etymology

From French adjudant

Noun

adjutant m (plural adjutan?i)

1. adjutant

Declension

Swedish

Noun

adjutant c

1. (military) an adjutant

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• aid

Etymology

Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More at aid.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /e?d/
• Homophone: aid
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

aide (plural aides)

1. An assistant.
2. (military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.

Translations

Anagrams

• Adie, daie, idea

Abinomn

Noun

aide

1. father

Asturian

Verb

aide

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of aidar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of aidar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /a?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Etymology 1

From Middle French ayde, from Old French aide, aie, from aidier (modern Old French aider (“to help”)). The medial -d- would've been regularly lost, but was reinserted on the basis of the verb.

Noun

aide f (plural aides)

1. help, support

   Synonym: secours m

2. (sports) assist

Derived terms

Noun

aide m or f (plural aides)

1. aide (person)

Etymology 2

From aider, with the third-person singular form corresponding to Latin adi?tat.

Verb

aide

1. first-person singular present indicative of aider
2. third-person singular present indicative of aider
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of aider
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of aider
5. second-person singular present imperative of aider

Further reading

• “aide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ayde, eyde, eide, eayde

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French aide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?d(?)/

Noun

aide (uncountable)

1. Help given; aid.
2. A tax levied for defence.
3. (rare) One who assists.

Related terms

• aiden
• aydaunt

Descendants

• English: aid
• Scots: aid

References

• “aide, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• (very early) adiudha, aiudha
• (early) aiue, aie

Etymology

From aidier. The regular form would have been aie, which is in fact attested; aide is a remodeling on the verb.

Pronunciation

• (early) IPA^(key): /?ai?.d?/
• (late) IPA^(key): /??.d?/

Noun

aide f (oblique plural aides, nominative singular aide, nominative plural aides)

1. help; assistance; aid

Related terms

• aidier

Descendants

• ? Middle English: aide, ayde, eyde, eide, eayde
  • English: aid
  • Scots: aid
• Middle French: ayde
  • French: aide
    • ? English: aide

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aide f

1. genitive singular of ad