"aide-de-camp" meaning in All languages combined

See aide-de-camp on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/ [UK], /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkɒmp/ [UK], /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/ [General-American] Forms: aides-de-camp [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp, from aide + de (“of”) + camp (“(military) camp”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|aide de camp}} Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp Head templates: {{en-noun|aides-de-camp}} aide-de-camp (plural aides-de-camp)
  1. A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary. Categories (topical): Military ranks, People Synonyms: ADC, aid-de-camp [dated] Derived forms: aide-de-campship Related terms: equerry Translations (military officer): համհարզ (hamharz) (Armenian), 副官 (fùguān) (Chinese Mandarin), adjunkt [common-gender] (Danish), vleugeladjudant [masculine] (Dutch), adjutanto (Esperanto), adjutantti (Finnish), aide de camp [masculine] (French), adjudant [masculine] (French), Flügeladjutant [masculine] (German), Aide-de-camp [masculine] (German), υπασπιστής (ypaspistís) [masculine] (Greek), ēdīsì [masculine] (Hausa), שָׁלִישׁ אִישִׁי (shalísh ishí) (Hebrew), 副官 (alt: ふくかん, fukukan, ふっかん, fukkan) (Japanese), optiō [masculine] (Latin), аѓута́нт (aǵutánt) [masculine] (Macedonian), adikong (Malay), adjutant [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), adiutant [masculine] (Polish), adiutantka [feminine] (Polish), ajudante de campo [masculine] (Portuguese), adjutant [masculine] (Romanian), aghiotant [masculine] (Romanian), адъюта́нт (adʺjutánt) [masculine] (Russian), edecán [masculine] (Spanish), yaver (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "aide de camp"
      },
      "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp",
      "name": "ubor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp, from aide + de (“of”) + camp (“(military) camp”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aides-de-camp",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aides-de-camp"
      },
      "expansion": "aide-de-camp (plural aides-de-camp)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hausa links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hausa translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military ranks",
          "orig": "en:Military ranks",
          "parents": [
            "Military",
            "Positions of authority",
            "Titles",
            "Society",
            "Leaders",
            "Occupations",
            "People",
            "All topics",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "aide-de-campship"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Unlike the orderly or batman, a humble low-ranking servant, an aide-de-camp is often a general, who before the institution of the chief of staff could hold a similar position to his chief.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 November 19, Tiago Rogero, “Brazilian police arrest five over plot to assassinate Lula after 2022 election win”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The police uncovered the plot after recovering information from the phone of Bolsonaro’s former personal secretary, Lt Col Mauro Cid, who served as Bolsonaro’s aide-de-camp during his 2019–2023 presidency.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary."
      ],
      "id": "en-aide-de-camp-en-noun-WlB1MMA7",
      "links": [
        [
          "officer",
          "officer"
        ],
        [
          "adjutant",
          "adjutant"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "equerry"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ADC"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "aid-de-camp"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hamharz",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "word": "համհարզ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fùguān",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "word": "副官"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "adjunkt"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vleugeladjudant"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "word": "adjutanto"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "word": "adjutantti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aide de camp"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "adjudant"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Flügeladjutant"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Aide-de-camp"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypaspistís",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "υπασπιστής"
        },
        {
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ēdīsì"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shalísh ishí",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "word": "שָׁלִישׁ אִישִׁי"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ふくかん, fukukan, ふっかん, fukkan",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "word": "副官"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "optiō"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "aǵutánt",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "аѓута́нт"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "word": "adikong"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "adjutant"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "adiutant"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "adiutantka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ajudante de campo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "adjutant"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aghiotant"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "adʺjutánt",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "адъюта́нт"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "edecán"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "military officer",
          "word": "yaver"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkɒmp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aide-de-camp"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "aide-de-campship"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "aide de camp"
      },
      "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp",
      "name": "ubor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp, from aide + de (“of”) + camp (“(military) camp”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aides-de-camp",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aides-de-camp"
      },
      "expansion": "aide-de-camp (plural aides-de-camp)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "equerry"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from French",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English unadapted borrowings from French",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Hausa links with redundant target parameters",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hausa translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "en:Military ranks",
        "en:People"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Unlike the orderly or batman, a humble low-ranking servant, an aide-de-camp is often a general, who before the institution of the chief of staff could hold a similar position to his chief.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 November 19, Tiago Rogero, “Brazilian police arrest five over plot to assassinate Lula after 2022 election win”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The police uncovered the plot after recovering information from the phone of Bolsonaro’s former personal secretary, Lt Col Mauro Cid, who served as Bolsonaro’s aide-de-camp during his 2019–2023 presidency.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "officer",
          "officer"
        ],
        [
          "adjutant",
          "adjutant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkɒmp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ADC"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "aid-de-camp"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hamharz",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "word": "համհարզ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùguān",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "word": "副官"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "adjunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vleugeladjudant"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "word": "adjutanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "word": "adjutantti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aide de camp"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adjudant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flügeladjutant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aide-de-camp"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypaspistís",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "υπασπιστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ēdīsì"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shalísh ishí",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "word": "שָׁלִישׁ אִישִׁי"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふくかん, fukukan, ふっかん, fukkan",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "word": "副官"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "optiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "aǵutánt",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аѓута́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "word": "adikong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adjutant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adiutant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adiutantka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ajudante de campo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adjutant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aghiotant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "adʺjutánt",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "адъюта́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "edecán"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "military officer",
      "word": "yaver"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aide-de-camp"
}

Download raw JSONL data for aide-de-camp meaning in All languages combined (5.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.