"auxiliaire" meaning in French

See auxiliaire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ok.si.ljɛʁ/, /oɡ.zi.ljɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-auxiliaire.ogg Forms: auxiliaires [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin auxiliāris, from auxilium (“help”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|auxiliāris|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin auxiliāris, {{bor+|fr|la|auxiliāris}} Borrowed from Latin auxiliāris, {{m|la|auxilium||help}} auxilium (“help”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} auxiliaire (plural auxiliaires)
  1. (chiefly grammar) auxiliary Categories (topical): Grammar Derived forms: auxiliairement, verbe auxiliaire
    Sense id: en-auxiliaire-fr-adj-SRQ8yGa2 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ok.si.ljɛʁ/, /oɡ.zi.ljɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-auxiliaire.ogg Forms: auxiliaires [plural]
Etymology: Ellipsis of verbe auxiliaire. Etymology templates: {{ellipsis|fr|verbe auxiliaire}} Ellipsis of verbe auxiliaire Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} auxiliaire m (plural auxiliaires)
  1. (grammar) a helping verb, an auxiliary verb (verb that, having lost its literal meaning, joins itself to a certain form of another verb, for example to a past participle, to show a grammatical feature such as tense, voice, aspect, etc. In French, avoir and être are tense auxiliaries) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-auxiliaire-fr-noun-D6heKDQz Categories (other): French ellipses, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French ellipses: 9 91 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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