different between ancillary vs auxiliar

English

Etymology

From Latin ancill?ris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æns??le?i?/
• Rhymes: -?l??i

Adjective

ancillary (comparative more ancillary, superlative most ancillary)

1. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary

   Synonym: accessory

   • 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, Chapter 3:

     […] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.

   • 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error, Chapter 7

     [E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.

Translations

Noun

ancillary (plural ancillaries)

1. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
2. (archaic) An auxiliary.

Translations

References

• ancillary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ancillary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ancillary at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Carlylian, cranially

English

Etymology

From Latin auxiliaris.

Adjective

auxiliar (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) auxiliary

Noun

auxiliar (plural auxiliars)

1. (archaic) An auxiliary.
   • 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, that Part especially now called England, Book II.

Catalan

Adjective

auxiliar (masculine and feminine plural auxiliars)

1. auxiliary

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auxiliaris.

Adjective

auxiliar m or f (plural auxiliares)

1. auxiliary

Verb

auxiliar (first-person singular present auxilio, first-person singular preterite auxiliei, past participle auxiliado)

1. to aid, help
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of auxiliar
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of auxiliar

Conjugation

German

Etymology

From Latin auxiliaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a??ksi?li?a???]
• Hyphenation: au?xi?li?ar

Adjective

auxiliar (not comparable)

1. auxiliary

Declension

Further reading

• “auxiliar” in Duden online

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auxiliaris.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.si.li.?a(?)/, /aw.si.?lja(?)/

Adjective

auxiliar (plural auxiliares, comparable)

1. auxiliary

Verb

auxiliar (first-person singular present indicative auxilio, past participle auxiliado)

1. to aid

Conjugation

Romanian

Etymology

From French auxiliaire, from Latin auxiliaris.

Adjective

auxiliar m or n (feminine singular auxiliar?, masculine plural auxiliari, feminine and neuter plural auxiliare)

1. auxiliary

Declension

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin auxiliaris. Cognate with English auxiliary.

Adjective

auxiliar (plural auxiliares)

1. auxiliary, ancillary
2. (accounting) subsidiary
3. support (e.g. support staff)

Derived terms

• libro mayor auxiliar (“subsidiary ledger”)
• mano auxiliar
• servicios auxiliares (“ancillary services”) (electric power)
• verbo auxiliar

Noun

auxiliar m or f (plural auxiliares)

1. assistant, attendant, steward, stewardess, aide

Hyponyms

Etymology 2

From Latin auxili?ri.

Verb

auxiliar (first-person singular present auxilio, first-person singular preterite auxilié, past participle auxiliado)

1. to help, to aid

Conjugation

Usage notes

Although in some regions auxiliar and ayudar can be synonymous to mean "to help", usually auxiliar is used in more grave or critical situations.

Related terms

• aumento
• aumentar
• auxiliador
• auxilio

Further reading

• “auxiliar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.