different between auxiliary vs augmentation

English

Etymology

From Latin auxili?rius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxili?ris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from aug?re (“to increase”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k?s?lj??i/, /??k?s?li.??i/, /??k?s?l??i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?lj??i/, /???z?li??i/, /???z?l??i/
• (cot-caught merged) IPA^(key): /???z?lj??i/, /???z?li??i/, /???z?l??i/
• Rhymes: -?li??i
• Rhymes: -?li???i

Adjective

auxiliary (not comparable)

1. Helping; giving assistance or support.

   auxiliary troops

   Synonyms: ancillary, accessory

2. Supplementary or subsidiary.
3. Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
4. (nautical) Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
5. (grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.

Synonyms

• (supplementary): accessory
• (having sails and engine): motorsailer

Translations

Noun

auxiliary (plural auxiliaries)

1. A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
2. A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
3. (grammar) An auxiliary verb.

   • The three traditionally recognized Non-modal Auxiliaries are the per-
     fective Auxiliary have, the progressive Auxiliary be, and the passive Auxiliary
     be. Perfective have is so-called because it marks the completion (hence, perfec-
     tion) of an action; it is followed by a VP headed by a perfective -n participle, as
     in:
     (121)    The referee has [_VP shown him the red card]

4. A marching band colorguard.

Translations

Related terms

• auction
• auctioneer
• augment
• augmentation

See also

• axillary

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English augmentation, augmentacion, augmentacioun, from Old French augmentacion, from Latin augment?ti?, verbal noun from augment? (“increase”, verb).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

augmentation (countable and uncountable, plural augmentations)

1. The act or process of augmenting.
2. (heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
3. (medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
4. (medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
5. (music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
6. (Scotland, law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.

Related terms

• augmentative
• augmented
• auxiliary
• diminution

Translations

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

Anagrams

• Mountain Gate

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin augment?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?.m??.ta.sj??/

Noun

augmentation f (plural augmentations)

1. An increase, a raise

   Synonym: hausse

   Antonyms: diminution, baisse

2. A pay raise

Related terms

• augmenter

Further reading

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