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/ɡid/
Translation
guide (person or book), guidebook
Word origin
From guider ('to guide'), which goes back to a Frankish verb witan ('to show the way'). English 'guide' was borrowed from the French.
- Origin
- Frankish
- Root
- witan
- English cognates
- guide, wit
Grammar
Examples
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Our guide speaks four languages.
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The guides are waiting outside the museum.
J' .
I bought a guidebook to the city.
aux .
She acts as a guide for the new pupils.
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This guidebook tells you everything about the region.
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