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aux·il·ia·ry

(ôg-zĭl′yə-rē, -zĭl′ə-rē)

adj.

1. Giving assistance or support; helping.

2. Acting as a subsidiary; supplementary: the main library and its auxiliary branches.

3. Held in or used as a reserve: auxiliary troops; an auxiliary power generator.

4. Nautical Equipped with a motor as well as sails.

5. Grammar Of, relating to, or being an auxiliary verb.

n. pl. aux·il·ia·ries

1. An individual or group that assists or functions in a supporting capacity: a volunteers' auxiliary at a hospital.

2. A member of a foreign body of troops serving a country in war.

3. Grammar An auxiliary verb.

4. Nautical

a. A sailing vessel equipped with a motor.

b. A vessel, such as a supply ship or a tug, that is designed for and used in instances and services other than combat.

[Middle English, from Latin auxiliārius, from auxilium, help; see aug- in Indo-European roots.]

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auxiliary

(ɔːɡˈzɪljərɪ; -ˈzɪlə-)

adj

1. secondary or supplementary

2. supporting

3. (Nautical Terms) nautical (of a sailing vessel) having an engine: an auxiliary sloop.

n, pl -ries

4. a person or thing that supports or supplements; subordinate or assistant

5. (Nautical Terms) nautical

a. a sailing vessel with an engine

b. the engine of such a vessel

6. (Nautical Terms) navy a vessel such as a tug, hospital ship, etc, not used for combat

[C17: from Latin auxiliārius bringing aid, from auxilium help, from augēre to increase, enlarge, strengthen]

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aux•il•ia•ry

(ɔgˈzɪl yə ri, -ˈzɪl ə-)

adj., n., pl. -ries. adj.

1. additional; supplementary; reserve: an auxiliary police force.

2. used as a substitute or reserve in case of need: an auxiliary power system.

3. subsidiary; secondary.

4. (of a boat) having an engine that can be used to supplement the sails.

5. giving support; serving as an aid.

6. a person or thing that gives aid; helper.

7. a subsidiary organization allied with a main body of restricted membership: the women's auxiliary.

8. auxiliary verb.

9. auxiliaries, foreign troops in the service of a nation at war.

10. a naval vessel, as a supply ship, designed for other than combat purposes.

[1595–1605; < Latin auxiliārius assisting <auxilium aid <auxsis, past participle of augēre to increase, augment]

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Noun	1.	auxiliary - someone who acts as assistant aide assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" nurse's aide, nursing aide - someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training
Adj.	1.	auxiliary - functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
	2.	auxiliary - furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, accessory supportive - furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"

auxiliary

adjective

1. supplementary, reserve, emergency, substitute, secondary, back-up, subsidiary, fall-back auxiliary fuel tanks

2. supporting, helping, aiding, assisting, accessory, ancillary the army and auxiliary forces
supporting first, leading, chief, main, prime, essential, primary, principal, cardinal

noun

1. helper, partner, ally, associate, supporter, assistant, companion, accessory, subordinate, protagonist, accomplice, confederate, henchman a nursing auxiliary

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auxiliary

adjective

1. Giving or able to give help or support:

accessory, ancillary, assistant, collateral, contributory, subsidiary, supportive.

2. Used or held in reserve:

backup, emergency, reserve, secondary, standby, supplemental, supplementary.

noun

A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities:

adjutant, aide, assistant, coadjutant, coadjutor, deputy, helper, lieutenant, second.

Translations

جُندي مُحارِب مَع دَولة أحرىمُساعِد إضافيمُساعِد، إضافي

pomocnývojín pomocné službyvýpomocná síla

assistenthjælpe-hjælperhjælpetropper

helfend Helfer Hilfs-...Hilfstruppensubsidiär

auxiliar

abistav

apuapuverbiavustajaavustavalisä-

auxiliaire

pomoćnipričuvnisporedanusputanuzgredan

segédsegédcsapatok katonájatartalékkiegészítőkisegítő

aîstoîar-, hjálpar-auka-, viîbótar-málaliîi

ausiliare ausiliario d'aiuto di sostegno supplementare

보조

pagalbinissamdinystalkininkas

algotnispapildu

bijkomend extra helpend hulp-hulpmotor

hjelper hjelpetropper

ассистент вспомогательный вспомогательный глагол дополнительный запасной

vojak pomocných sílvýpomocná silavýpomocný

yardımcıyardmcı fiilyedek muavin

援军辅助的辅助者

auxiliary

[ɔːgˈzɪlɪərɪ]

A. ADJ → auxiliar
auxiliary police (US) → cuerpo m de policía auxiliar
auxiliary staff (Brit) (Scol) → profesores mpl auxiliares

B. N

1. (Med) → ayudante mf

2. (Mil) auxiliaries → tropas fpl auxiliares

3. (also auxiliary verb) → verbo m auxiliar

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auxiliary

[ɔːgˈzɪljəri]

adj [forces, tanks] → auxiliaire

n → auxiliaire mfauxiliary verb n → verbe m auxiliaire

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

auxiliary

adj → Hilfs- (also Comput); (= additional) engine, generator etc → zusätzlich; auxiliary note (Mus) → Nebennote f; auxiliary nurse → Schwesternhelferin f; auxiliary program (Comput) → Hilfsprogramm nt; auxiliary verb → Hilfsverb nt

(Mil, esp pl) → Soldat(in) m(f) → der Hilfstruppe; auxiliaries pl → Hilfstruppe(n) f(pl)

(general: = assistant) → Hilfskraft f, → Helfer(in) m(f); teaching auxiliary → (Aus)hilfslehrer(in) m(f); nursing auxiliary → Schwesternhelferin f

(= auxiliary verb) → Hilfsverb or -zeitwort nt

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auxiliary

[ɔːgˈzɪlɪərɪ]

1. adj → ausiliario/a (Gram) → ausiliare

2. n (assistant) → assistente m/f, aiuto; (verb) → ausiliare m auxiliaries npl (Mil) → truppe fpl ausiliarie

auxiliary

(oːgˈziljəri) adjective

helping; additional. auxiliary forces; an auxiliary nurse.

noun – plural auˈxiliaries –

1. an additional helper.

2. a soldier serving with another nation.

aux·il·ia·ry

a. auxiliar; ayudante.

auxiliary

adj auxiliar

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