auxiliar

From Latin auxiliaris.

auxiliar (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) auxiliary
   • 1715–1720, Homer, [Alexander] Pope, transl., “Book II”, in The Iliad of Homer, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:

     The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear.

auxiliar (plural auxiliars)

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

     Agricola, who perceav'd that the noiſe of this defeat had alſo in the Province deſirous of novelty, ſtirr'd up new expectations, reſolves to be before-hand with the danger : and drawing together the choice of his Legions with a competent number of Auxiliars, not beeing met by the Ordovices, who kept the Hills, himſelf in the head of his men hunts them up and down through difficult places, almoſt to the final extirpating of that whole Nation. With the ſame current of ſucceſs, what Paulinus had left unfiniſh'd he Conquers in the Ile of Mona: for the Ilanders altogether fearleſs of his approach, whom they knew to have no Shipping, when they ſaw themſelves invaded on a ſudden by the Auxiliars, whoſe Countrie uſe had taught them to ſwimm over with Horſe and Armes, were compel'd to yeild.

• “auxiliar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əwk.si.liˈar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əwk.si.liˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [awk.si.liˈaɾ]

auxiliar m or f (masculine and feminine plural auxiliars)

1. auxiliary
2. (grammar) auxiliary

auxiliar m or f by sense (plural auxiliars)

1. auxiliary, assistant
2. substitute (teacher)
3. (grammar) auxiliary

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əwk.si.liˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [awk.si.liˈaɾ]

auxiliar (first-person singular present auxilio, first-person singular preterite auxilií, past participle auxiliat)

1. to aid, to help

Borrowed from Latin auxiliaris.

auxiliar m or f (plural auxiliares)

1. auxiliary

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

1. to aid, help

Borrowed from Latin auxiliaris.

• IPA^(key): [aʊ̯ksiˈli̯aːɐ̯]
• Hyphenation: au‧xi‧li‧ar

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auxiliar (strong nominative masculine singular auxiliarer, not comparable)

1. auxiliary

• “auxiliar” in Duden online
• “auxiliar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Learned borrowing from Latin auxiliāris.[1][2]

• Hyphenation: au‧xi‧li‧ar

auxiliar m or f (plural auxiliares)

1. auxiliary

• Hyphenation: au‧xi‧li‧ar

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

1. to aid

   Synonyms: ajudar, socorrer

Borrowed from French auxiliaire, from Latin auxiliaris.

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

1. auxiliary

• IPA^(key): /auɡsiˈljaɾ/ [au̯ɣ̞.siˈljaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: au‧xi‧liar

Borrowed from Latin auxiliāris. Cognate with English auxiliary.

auxiliar m or f (masculine and feminine plural auxiliares)

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

auxiliar m or f by sense (plural auxiliares)

1. assistant, attendant, steward, stewardess, aide

Borrowed from Latin auxiliārī.

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

1. to help, to aid

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

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