# guide
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: gīd, IPA: /ɡaɪd/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪd

### Etymology 1

c. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Cognate with Old English wītan (“to see, take heed to, watch after, guard, keep”). Related also to English wit.

#### Noun

guide (plural guides)
* Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
    Synonyms: guider, (obsolete, rare) xenagogue
    The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms xlviii:14:He will be our guide, even unto death.
* A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
* A sign that guides people; guidepost.
* Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
* Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
* A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
** A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
** A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
** (printing, dated) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.
* (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
** 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 75:The familiars of the magicians, on the other hand, were not in all cases evil, and often may have approximated the "guides" with whom present-day spiritualists are well acquainted.
* (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.

##### Synonyms

* (person who leads and explains): interpreter (uncommon)

##### Derived terms

* Adirondack guide boat
* audio guide
* buying guide
* career guide
* court guide
* dog guide
* field guide
* Girl Guide
* guidance
* guide board
* guidebook
* guide book
* Guide Bridge
* guide dog
* guideline
* guide line
* guide on the side
* guidepost
* guide rail
* guide rope
* guide shoe
* guide star
* guide word
* hand guide
* honey guide
* hornguide, horn guide
* I need a guide
* mountain guide
* program guide
* shopping guide
* study guide
* style guide
* tour guide
* tourist guide
* touristic guide
* travel guide
* TV guide
* usage guide
* user guide
* user's guide
* whale's guide

##### Descendants

* → Korean: 가이드 (gaideu)
* → Japanese: ガイド (gaido)
* → Norwegian: guide
* → Swedish: guide

##### Translations

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### Etymology 2

From Middle English guiden, from Old French guider, from Old Occitan guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).

#### Verb

guide (third-person singular simple present guides, present participle guiding, simple past and past participle guided)
* To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
** c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC,:And that you'd guide me to your Soueraignes Court,
** 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:Kolyat: I brought a prayer book, Commander. Would you care to join me? Kolyat: Kalahira, this one's heart is pure, but beset by wickedness and contention. Shepard: Guide this one to where the traveler never tires, the lover never leaves, the hungry never starve. Shepard: Guide this one, Kalahira, and she will be a companion to you as she was to me.
* To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
* To exert control or influence over someone or something.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 112:5:A good man sheweth fauour and lendeth: he will guide his affaires with discretion.
* To supervise the education or training of someone.
* (intransitive) To act as a guide.

##### Conjugation

$^†$ Archaic or obsolete.

##### Derived terms

* guidee
* guider
* guiding
* guiding light
* guiding star

##### Translations

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### References

* guide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “guide”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
* “guide”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* "guide" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

### Anagrams

* digue, iudge

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English guide.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaai$^1$
*** Yale: gāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːi̯⁵⁵/

### Verb

guide
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to guide
    guide住佢做嘢 [Cantonese] ― gaai$^1$ zyu$^6$ keoi$^5$ zou$^6$ je$^5$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### See also

* guideline

## French
### Etymology

From Old French guide, borrowed from Old Occitan guida, from the verb guidar, ultimately of Germanic origin, possibly through Medieval Latin; compare Frankish *wītan. Supplanted the older Old French guier, of the same origin. Compare Italian guida, Spanish guía. See guider for more information.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡid/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: guides
* Rhymes: -id

### Noun

guide m (plural guides)
* guide person
* guidebook, or set itinerary

#### Derived terms

* chien guide d’aveugle
* guide de conversation
* mener la vie à grandes guides

#### Related terms

* guider

#### Descendants

* → Danish: guide
* → Romanian: ghid
* → Russian: гид (gid)

### References

* "guide" in the WordReference Dictionnaire Français-Anglais, WordReference.com LLC, 2006.

### Further reading

* “guide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* digue

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡwi.de/
* Rhymes: -ide
* Hyphenation: guì‧de

### Noun

guide f
* plural of guida

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from English guide.

### Noun

guide m (definite singular guiden, indefinite plural guider, definite plural guidene)
* a guide (person who guides tourists)
* a guide (handbook, e.g. for tourists)

#### Alternative forms

* gaid

### Verb

guide (imperative guid, present tense guider, passive guides, simple past and past participle guida or guidet, present participle guidende)
* to guide (usually tourists)

#### Alternative forms

* gaide

### References

* “guide” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “guide_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “guide_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from English guide.

### Noun

guide m (definite singular guiden, indefinite plural guidar, definite plural guidane)
* a guide (person who guides tourists)
* a guide (handbook, e.g. for tourists)

#### Alternative forms

* gaid

### Verb

guide (present tense guidar, past tense guida, past participle guida, passive infinitive guidast, present participle guidande, imperative guide/guid)
* to guide (usually tourists)

#### Alternative forms

* gaide, guida

### References

* “guide” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Noun

guide m or f
* a guide (person who guides)

#### Descendants

* French: guide
** → Danish: guide
** → Romanian: ghid
** → Russian: гид (gid)
* Norman: dgide (Jersey)
* → Middle English: giden, gide
** Scots: guide
** English: guide
*** → Korean: 가이드 (gaideu)
*** → Japanese: ガイド (gaido)
*** → Norwegian: guide
*** → Swedish: guide

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gʷedyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-yeh₂.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡuðʲe]

### Noun

guide f (genitive guide, nominative plural guidi)
* verbal noun of guidid
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 132$^a$10
    ci a{s}⟨r⟩id·roga⟨r⟩t dímsa do guidi-siu, a Dǽalthough he has forbidden me to pray to you, O God
* prayer
** c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Epilogue, line 421; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:In guide ro·ngád-sa, ní ar ulc fri doíni.The prayer that I have prayed, it is not for evil onto humanity.

#### Declension

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Derived terms

* aicde
* airnigde
* comguide
* dígde
* foigde

#### Descendants

* Irish: guí
* Manx: gwee (“curse, imprecation”)
* Scottish Gaelic: guidhe

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “guide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

guide c
* guide (person who guides)
    Synonym: vägledare
* (computing) wizard (program or script used to simplify complex operations)
    Synonym: assistent