auxiliary

English

Etymology

From Latin auxiliarius, equiv. to auxiliaris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augere (“to increase”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɔːkˈsɪljəɹi/, IPA: /ɔːkˈsɪliəɹi/, IPA: /ɔːkˈsɪləɹi/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ɔɡˈzɪljəɹi/, IPA: /ɔɡˈzɪliɛɹi/, IPA: /ɔgˈzɪləɹi/
• (cot-caught merged) IPA: /ɑɡˈzɪljəɹi/, IPA: /ɑɡˈzɪliɛɹi/, IPA: /ɑgˈzɪləɹi/

Adjective

auxiliary (not comparable)

1. Helping; giving assistance or support.

   auxiliary troops

2. Supplementary or subsidiary.
3. Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
4. (nautical) Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
5. (grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.

Synonyms

• (supplementary): accessory
• (having sails and engine): motorsailer

Translations

helping; giving assistance or support

• Armenian: օժանդակ (hy) (ōžandak) 
• Bulgarian: помощен (bg) (pomošten), спомагателен (bg) (spomagatelen)
• Czech: pomocný (cs) m
• Dutch: helpend (nl), ondersteunend (nl), hulp- (nl) (prefix)
• Esperanto: helpa (eo)
• Estonian: abistav (et)
• Finnish: apu (fi)-, lisä- (fi), avustava (fi)
• German: helfend (de), unterstützend (de), hilfs- (de) (prefix)
• Greek: βοηθητικός (el) (voithitikós) 

• Hindi: सहायक (hi) c
• Hungarian: kisegítő (hu)
• Ido: helpiva (io), helpanta (io)
• Irish: cúntach (ga)
• Korean: 보조 (ko) (bojo)
• Polish: pomocniczy (pl) m, pomocnicza (pl) f, pomocnicze (pl) n
• Russian: вспомогательный (ru) (vspomogát'el'nyj) 
• Serbo-Croatian: pòmoćnī (sh)

supplementary or subsidiary

• Armenian: օժանդակ (hy) (ōžandak) 
• Bulgarian: допълнителен (bg) (dopǎlnitelen)
• Dutch: extra (nl), bijkomend (nl), ondersteunend (nl), hulp- (nl) (prefix)
• Estonian: täiendav
• Finnish: apu-
• German: subsidiär (de), unterstützend (de)

• Hungarian: kiegészítő (hu)
• Russian: вспомогательный (ru) (vspomogát'el'nyj) , дополнительный (ru) (dopolnít'el'nyj) , запасной (ru) (zapasnój) 
• Serbo-Croatian: spȍredan (sh), ȕzgrēdan (sh), ùsputan (sh)
• Spanish: auxiliar (es)

held in reserve for exceptional circumstances

• Bulgarian: резервен (bg) (rezerven)
• Dutch: reserve- (nl) (prefix)
• Finnish: apu-, lisä-
• German: zurückhaltend (de),
• Hungarian: tartalék (hu)

• Polish: rezerwowy (pl) m, rezerwowa (pl) f, rezerwowe (pl) n
• Russian: вспомогательный (ru) (vspomogát'el'nyj) , дополнительный (ru) (dopolnít'el'nyj) , запасной (ru) (zapasnój) 
• Serbo-Croatian: príčuvnī (sh)

of a ship, having both sails and an engine

• Dutch: met hulpmotor (nl)

relating to an auxiliary verb

• Bulgarian: спомагателен (bg) (spomagatelen)
• Dutch: hulp- (nl) (prefix)
• Finnish: apu-
• French: auxiliaire (fr) m
• Hungarian: segéd (hu)

• Norwegian: hjelpe- (no), hjelpeverb (no) n
• Polish: posiłkowy (pl) m, posiłkowa (pl) f, posiłkowe (pl) n
• Russian: вспомогательный (ru) (vspomogát'el'nyj) 
• Serbo-Croatian: pòmoćnī (sh)

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• Ido: auxiliara
• Interlingua: auxiliar

• Italian: ausiliare, ausiliario

Noun

auxiliary (plural auxiliaries)

1. A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
2. A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
3. (grammar) An auxiliary verb.
4. A marching band colorguard.

Translations

person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner

• Bulgarian: помощник (bg) (pomoštnik)
• Finnish: avustaja (fi)
• Ido: helpanto (io), helpero (io), helpilo (io), helpivo (io)
• Italian: ausiliare (it)

• Russian: помощник (ru) (pomóšnik) m , ассистент (ru) (assist'ént) m 
• Spanish: auxiliar (es) m and f, ayudante (es) m and f
• Turkish: yardımcı (tr)

sailing vessel equipped with an engine

• Dutch: zeilboot met hulpmotor (nl)

auxiliary verb

• Bulgarian: спомагателен глагол (bg) (spomagatelen glagol)
• Dutch: hulpwerkwoord (nl)
• Finnish: apuverbi (fi)
• German: Auxiliar (de) n, Hilfsverb (de) n
• Italian: ausiliare (it)

• Polish: czasownik posiłkowy (pl) m
• Russian: вспомогательный глагол (ru) (vspomogát'el'nyj glagól) m 
• Spanish: auxiliar (es)
• Turkish: yardmcı fiil (tr)

Related terms

• auction
• auctioneer
• augment
• augmentation

See also

• axillary

External links

• auxiliary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• auxiliary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911