different between auxiliary vs redundant

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 Latin redundans, present participle of redundare (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undo (“I surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?n.d?nt/

Adjective

redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)

1. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
2. (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
3. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.

   Four employees were made redundant.

4. Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
   • 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:

     The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.

Antonyms

• non-redundant

Related terms

• redound
• redundance
• redundancy

Synonyms

• (dismissed from employment): surplus to requirements

Translations

Further reading

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin redundans.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r?.dun?dant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r?.dun?dan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.dun?dant/

Adjective

redundant (masculine and feminine plural redundants)

1. redundant

Derived terms

• redundantment

Related terms

• redundància
• redundar

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ed?n?dant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

redundant (comparative redundanter, superlative am redundantesten)

1. redundant

Declension

Synonyms

• über­zäh­lig

Related terms

• Redundanz

Further reading

• “redundant” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

redundant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of redund?

Romanian

Alternative forms

• redondant

Etymology

Borrowed from English redundant and French redondant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.dun?dant/

Adjective

redundant m or n (feminine singular redundant?, masculine plural redundan?i, feminine and neuter plural redundante)

1. redundant

Declension

Related terms

• redondan??