aider
French, verb/ɛ.de/
aider is spelled A-I-D-E-R (5 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written French, the 668th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aider is a French verb meaning “to help; to aid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faciliter l’accomplissement d’une action”.
What does aider mean in English?
verb
- 1
to help; to aid
J’aide mon frère à porter ses cartons.
- 2
to use
Il s’aide de la rampe pour monter l’escalier.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faciliter l’accomplissement d’une action. 2. Faciliter l’accomplissement d’une action accomplie par quelqu’un. 3. (transitif direct) Secourir, améliorer la condition de quelqu’un. 4. Peut aussi s’employer pour des choses.
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.
Forms of aider
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- aidant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- aidé participle past
- aide first-person indicative present
- aides indicative present second-person
- aidons first-person indicative plural
- aidez indicative plural present
- aident indicative plural present
- aidais first-person imperfect indicative
- aidait imperfect indicative singular
- aidions first-person imperfect indicative
- aidiez imperfect indicative plural
- aidaient imperfect indicative plural
- aidai first-person historic indicative
- aidas historic indicative past
- aida historic indicative past
- aidâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aider?
- /ɛ.de/
- /e.de/
- \e.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aider
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aider in French?
aider appears 123 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).