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à l'aide de

French, preposition/a l‿ɛd də/

à l'aide de is a French preposition meaning “by means of (by using the thing specified), with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Par l’usage de, grâce à”.

What does à l'aide de mean in English?

preposition

  1. 1

    by means of (by using the thing specified), with

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

preposition: 1. Par l’usage de, grâce à.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce à l'aide de?

  • /a l‿ɛd də/
  • \a l‿ɛd də\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.