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Yes. The word aide is a Scrabble US word. The word aide is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (2 found)

AIDE,IDEA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AID,DAE,DEI,DIE,IDE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AE,AI,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,ID,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from aide according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of aide

aide

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): /eɪd/
  • Homophone: aid
  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

aide (plural aides)

  1. An assistant.
  2. (military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.

Derived terms

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): /ɛd/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /aɛd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

Inherited 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 by sense (plural aides)

  1. aide (person)

Etymology 2

From aider, with the third-person singular form corresponding to Latin adiūtat.

Verb

aide

  1. inflection of aider:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular present imperative

Further reading

  • “aide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • ayde, eyde, eide, eayde

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French aide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæi̯d(ə)/

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

  • IPA(key): (early) /ˈai̯də/
  • IPA(key): (late) /ˈɛdə/

Noun

aide oblique singular, 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

Romanian

Interjection

aide

  1. alternative form of haide

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aide f

  1. genitive singular of ad

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