auxiliary

English

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Auxiliaries

Etymology

From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔːɡˈzɪl.(j)ə.ɹi/, /ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ɹi/, /ɔːkˈsɪl-/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɔɡˈzɪl.((j)ə).ɹi/, /ɔɡˈzɪl.i.ɛɹ.i/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑɡˈzɪl.((j)ə).ɹi/, /ɑɡˈzɪl.i.ɛɹ.i/
Rhymes: -ɪliəɹi
Rhymes: -ɪliɛəɹi
Rhymes: -ɪləɹi

Adjective

auxiliary (not comparable)

Helping; giving assistance or support.
auxiliary troops

Synonyms: ancillary, accessory
Supplementary or subsidiary.
Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
(nautical) Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
(grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.

Synonyms

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

Translations

helping; giving assistance or support

Armenian: օժանդակ (hy) (ōžandak)
Bulgarian: помощен (bg) (pomošten), спомагателен (bg) (spomagatelen)
Catalan: auxiliar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 輔助 / 辅助 (zh) (fǔzhù)
Czech: pomocný (cs) m
Dutch: helpend (nl), ondersteunend (nl), hulp- (prefix)
Esperanto: helpa
Estonian: abistav (et)
Finnish: apu-, lisä- (fi), avustava (fi)
German: helfend (de), unterstützend (de), hilfs- (prefix), auxiliar (de)
Greek: βοηθητικός (el) m (voïthitikós)
Hindi: सहायक (hi) c (sahāyak)
Hungarian: kisegítő (hu), segéd- (hu)
Ido: helpiva (io), helpanta (io)
Irish: cúntach
Japanese: 補助の (ほじょの)
Korean: 보조 (ko) (bojo)
Latin: auxiliāris
Polish: pomocniczy (pl) m, pomocnicza f, pomocnicze n
Portuguese: auxiliar (pt)
Russian: вспомога́тельный (ru) (vspomogátelʹnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: pòmoćnī
Welsh: ategol
Zazaki: peştiger

supplementary or subsidiary

Armenian: օժանդակ (hy) (ōžandak)
Bulgarian: допълнителен (bg) (dopǎlnitelen)
Catalan: auxiliar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 附属 (zh) (fùshǔ)
Dutch: extra (nl), bijkomend (nl), ondersteunend (nl), hulp- (prefix)
Estonian: täiendav
Finnish: apu- (fi)
German: subsidiär (de), unterstützend (de)
Greek: δευτερεύων (el) m (defterévon), επικουρικός (el) m (epikourikós)
Hungarian: kiegészítő (hu)
Latin: auxiliāris
Portuguese: auxiliar (pt)
Russian: вспомога́тельный (ru) (vspomogátelʹnyj), дополни́тельный (ru) (dopolnítelʹnyj), запасно́й (ru) (zapasnój)
Serbo-Croatian: spȍredan (sh), ȕzgrēdan (sh), ùsputan (sh)
Spanish: auxiliar (es)
Vietnamese: phụ trợ
Welsh: atodol

held in reserve for exceptional circumstances

Bulgarian: резервен (bg) (rezerven)
Dutch: reserve- (prefix)
Finnish: apu-, lisä- (fi)
German: zurückhaltend (de),
Greek: αποθεματικός (el) m (apothematikós), ανταλλακτικός (el) m (antallaktikós)
Hungarian: tartalék (hu)
Polish: rezerwowy (pl) m, rezerwowa f, rezerwowe n
Portuguese: auxiliar (pt)
Russian: вспомога́тельный (ru) (vspomogátelʹnyj), дополни́тельный (ru) (dopolnítelʹnyj), запасно́й (ru) (zapasnój)
Serbo-Croatian: príčuvnī (sh)

of a ship, having both sails and an engine

Dutch: met hulpmotor (nl)
Finnish: apumoottorillinen
Japanese: 補助艦艇の (ほじょかんていの)

relating to an auxiliary verb

Bulgarian: спомагателен (bg) (spomagatelen)
Catalan: auxiliar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 助动词 (zh) (zhùdòngcí)
Dutch: hulp- (prefix)
Finnish: apu-
French: auxiliaire (fr) m
Hungarian: segédigei, ^{(please verify)} segéd- (hu)
Japanese: 助動詞の (じょどうしの)
Malayalam: സഹായക (sahāyaka)
Norwegian: hjelpe-, hjelpeverb n
Polish: posiłkowy m, posiłkowa f, posiłkowe n
Portuguese: auxiliar (pt)
Russian: вспомога́тельный (ru) (vspomogátelʹnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: pòmoćnī
Welsh: ategol

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Ido: ^{(please verify)} auxiliara (io)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} auxiliar
Italian: ^{(please verify)} ausiliare (it), ^{(please verify)} ausiliario (it)

Noun

auxiliary (plural auxiliaries)

A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
- 1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781:
  Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.
- 1962 September, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—1”, in Modern Railways, page 163:
  A drive to exploit the Highlands as a winter sports area, with all the necessary auxiliaries, such as chair lifts in the Cairngorms, shows increasing promise, [...].
A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
(grammar) An auxiliary verb.
- 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 151:
  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]
A marching band colorguard.

Translations

person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner

Bulgarian: помощник (bg) (pomoštnik)
Finnish: avustaja (fi)
German: Helfer (de) m, Hilfskraft (de) f
Ido: helpanto (io), helpero (io), helpilo (io), helpivo (io)
Italian: ausiliare (it)
Japanese: 補助者 (ほじょしゃ)
Latin: auxiliāris m
Maori: whaitaua
Ottoman Turkish: یاردمجی (yardımcı), ناصر (nâsır)
Portuguese: auxiliar (pt)
Russian: помо́щник (ru) m (pomóščnik), ассисте́нт (ru) m (assistént), подсо́бник (ru) m (podsóbnik)
Spanish: auxiliar (es) m or f, ayudante (es) m or f
Turkish: yardımcı (tr)

sailing vessel equipped with an engine

Dutch: zeilboot met hulpmotor (nl)
Japanese: 補助艦艇 (ほじょかんてい)

auxiliary verb — see auxiliary verb

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