different between butler vs aide

English

Etymology

From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botell?rius, equivalent to bottle +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?t.l?(?)/
• (US) enPR: b?t?-l?r, IPA^(key): /?b?t.l?/
• Rhymes: -?tl?(?)
• Hyphenation: but?ler

Noun

butler (plural butlers)

1. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
2. The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.
3. A valet, a male personal attendant.

Derived terms

• buttle (backformation)

Related terms

• butt (large cask)

Translations

Verb

butler (third-person singular simple present butlers, present participle butlering, simple past and past participle butlered)

1. To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

References

Anagrams

• turbel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English butler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t.l?r/
• Hyphenation: but?ler

Noun

butler m (plural butlers, diminutive butlertje n)

1. A butler (chief male servant of a household; valet; booze manservant).

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