guide
Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an…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.
» I hired a guide.
Я нанял гида.
Я найняв провідника.
Я найняла провідника.
Meaning
10 sensesSomeone 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.
The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.
Reiseleiter, Reiseleiterin, Fremdenführer
гидgid, экскурсово́дekskursovód, проводни́кprovodník
гідhid, екскурсово́дekskursovód, провідни́кprovidnýk
A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
Anleitung, Führer
руково́дствоrukovódstvo, путеводи́тельputevodítelʹ, гайдgajd
керівни́цтвоkerivnýctvo, путівни́кputivnýk
something that offers basic information or instruction
A sign that guides people; guidepost.
указа́тельukazátelʹ, знакznak
пока́жчикpokážčyk, знакznak
Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
ориенти́рorijentír
орієнти́рorijentýr
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.
направля́ющаяnapravljájuščaja
A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
(dated)A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.
A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
Examples
481 sentencesI hired a guide.
Я найняв провідника.
ruЯ нанял гида.
He acted as our guide.
Він виступив у ролі нашого провідника.
deEr spielte unseren Führer.
Is there a tour guide available?
deKann man einen Reiseführer bekommen?
My friend will be our guide.
ruМой друг будет нашим гидом.
You're a tour guide, aren't you?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 5
By meaning 2
Origin
c. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida,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.
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