succour
Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distressAid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
Beistand, Hilfe, Unterstützung
по́мощьpómoščʹ, подде́ржкаpoddéržka
(uncountable)Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
(uncountable)Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.
- assistance in time of difficulty
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English socour, interpreted as the singular form of socourThe noun is derived from Middle English socour, interpreted as the singular form of socours (“help; encouragement; remedy; protection; helper, protector”), which is from Anglo-Norman socurs, sucurs and Old French secors, secours (modern French secours), from Medieval Latin succursus (participle), from Latin succurrēre (“to run to the help of”), from Latin sub- (“from below”) + Latin currere (“run”).
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Forms
plural: succoursSynonyms
3 synonyms- assistance in time of difficulty:reliefsuccorministration
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable