Auxiliary

//ɔːɡˈzɪl.(j)ə.ɹi//

Synonyms for "auxiliary" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Strong matches (44)

Related words (73)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Translations

131 translations across 35 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • auksilari adj (helping; giving assistance or support)

Armenian

2 entries
  • օժանդակ adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • օժանդակ adj (supplementary or subsidiary)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • допълнителен adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • помощен adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • резервен adj (held in reserve for exceptional circumstances)
  • спомагателен adj (helping; giving assistance or support)

Catalan

3 entries
  • auxiliar adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • auxiliar adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • auxiliar adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 助动词 adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)
  • 輔助 /辅助 adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • 附属 adj (supplementary or subsidiary)

Czech

1 entries
  • pomocný adj (helping; giving assistance or support)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bijkomend adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • extra adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • helpend adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • hulp adj (helping; giving assistance or support)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • helpa adj (helping; giving assistance or support)

Estonian

2 entries
  • abistav adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • täiendav adj (supplementary or subsidiary)

Finnish

4 entries
  • apu adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • apu adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • apu adj (held in reserve for exceptional circumstances)
  • apu adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)

French

1 entries
  • auxiliaire adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)

German

4 entries
  • auxiliar adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • helfend adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • hilfs adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • subsidiär adj (supplementary or subsidiary)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανταλλακτικός adj (held in reserve for exceptional circumstances)
  • αποθεματικός adj (held in reserve for exceptional circumstances)
  • βοηθητικός adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • δευτερεύων adj (supplementary or subsidiary)

Hindi

1 entries
  • सहायक adj (helping; giving assistance or support)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • kiegészítő adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • kisegítő adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • segéd adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • segédigei adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)

Ido

4 entries
  • helpanta adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • helpiva adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • helpanto noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)
  • helpero noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)

Irish

1 entries
  • cúntach adj (helping; giving assistance or support)

Italian

1 entries
  • ausiliare noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 助動詞の adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)
  • 補助の adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • 補助艦艇の adj (of a ship, having both sails and an engine)
  • 補助者 noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)

Korean

1 entries
  • 보조 adj (helping; giving assistance or support)

Latin

3 entries
  • auxiliāris adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • auxiliāris adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • auxiliāris noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • സഹായക adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)

Māori

1 entries
  • whaitaua noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • hjelpe adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)
  • hjelpeverb adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • امدادجی noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)
  • ناصر noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)
  • یاردمجی noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)

Polish

4 entries
  • pomocnicza adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • pomocnicze adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • pomocniczy adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • posiłkowa adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • auxiliar adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • auxiliar adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • auxiliar adj (held in reserve for exceptional circumstances)
  • auxiliar adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)

Russian

4 entries
  • вспомога́тельный adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • вспомога́тельный adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • вспомога́тельный adj (held in reserve for exceptional circumstances)
  • вспомога́тельный adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • príčuvnī adj (held in reserve for exceptional circumstances)
  • pòmoćnī adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • pòmoćnī adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)
  • spȍredan adj (supplementary or subsidiary)

Spanish

3 entries
  • auxiliar adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • auxiliar noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)
  • ayudante noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)

Swedish

4 entries
  • hjälp adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • komplement adj (supplementary or subsidiary)
  • nöd adj (held in reserve for exceptional circumstances)
  • reserv adj (held in reserve for exceptional circumstances)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yardımcı noun (person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phụ trợ adj (supplementary or subsidiary)

Welsh

3 entries
  • ategol adj (helping; giving assistance or support)
  • ategol adj (relating to an auxiliary verb)
  • atodol adj (supplementary or subsidiary)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • peştiger adj (helping; giving assistance or support)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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This sentence is in the present perfect. 'have' is not a verb, but an auxiliary verb.

Source: tatoeba (328517)

'can' is an auxiliary verb, so in question sentences it is brought to the start of the phrase.

Source: tatoeba (328547)

There are two categories of verbs in the Uyghur language - primary and auxiliary.

Source: tatoeba (579777)

What auxiliary materials or machines can presenters use when making a presentation?

Source: tatoeba (1470725)

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