assistance

English

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Alternative forms

• assistaunce

Etymology

Middle French assistance, from Medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assisto.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈsɪs.təns/, X-SAMPA: /@"sIS.t@ns/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

assistance (plural assistances)

1. Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

Derived terms

• public assistance

Translations

Aid; help; the act or result of assisting

• Armenian: աջակցություն (hy) (aǰakcʿutʿyun), օգնություն (hy) (ōgnutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: помощ (bg) (pomošt), съдействие (bg) (sǎdejstvie)
• Czech: asistence (cs)
• Dutch: hulp (nl) f, assistentie (nl) f
• French: assistance (fr) f
• German: Hilfe (de) f
• Haitian Creole: asistans
• Irish: cabhair (ga) f, cuidiú (ga) m, cúnamh (ga) m
• Italian: assistenza (it) f

• Japanese: 援助 (enjo)
• Korean: 도움 (doum)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: یارمه‌تی (ku) (yarmetí)

• Portuguese: assistência (pt) f
• Romanian: asistență (ro) f, ajutor (ro) n
• Russian: помощь (ru) (pomoščʹ), содействие (ru) (sodejstvije), поддержка (ru) (podderžka)
• Spanish: asistencia (es) f
• Telugu: సహాయము (te)
• Turkish: yardım (tr)

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin assistentia.

Noun

assistance f (plural assistances)

1. assistance
2. audience

Related terms

• assistant