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From Middle English helpful; equivalent to help + -ful.
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛlp.fʊl/, /ˈhɛlp.fəl/
helpful (comparative more helpful, superlative most helpful)
- Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
- Antonym: unhelpful
a helpful clue
a helpful person
1597, Jacques Guillemeau, translated by A. M., The Frenche chirurgerye[1], Dort: Iſaac Canin, page 48:[…] inſtructe the yonge Chyrurgiane, becauſe that vvithout making any great delaye, he might be adiuvable & helpefull to the patient vvith theſe remedyes vvhich conſequently follovve.
furnishing help; giving aid; useful
- Afrikaans: behulpsaam
- Arabic: نَافِع (nāfiʕ), مُفِيد (mufīd)
- Armenian: օգտակար (hy) (ōgtakar)
- Azerbaijani: köməksevər
- Bulgarian: полезен (bg) (polezen), услужлив (bg) (uslužliv), отзивчив (bg) (otzivčiv)
- Catalan: útil (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 有幫助／有帮助 (zh) (yǒubāngzhù)
- Czech: nápomocný
- Danish: hjælpsom
- Dutch: behulpzaam (nl)
- Esperanto: helpema
- Estonian: (of people) abivalmis (et); (useful) kasulik
- Finnish: (of people) avulias (fi), auttavainen (fi); (useful) hyödyllinen (fi)
- French: utile (fr), serviable (fr), aidant (fr)
- Georgian: დამხმარე (damxmare), მარგებელი (margebeli), სასარგებლო (sasargeblo), გამოსადეგი (gamosadegi), ვარგისი (vargisi)
- German: hilfreich (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ὠφέλιμος (ōphélimos)
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hindi: मददगार (hi) (madadgār)
- Hungarian: segítőkész (hu), készséges (hu), szolgálatkész (hu), hasznos (hu)
- Icelandic: hjálpsamur, gagnlegt
- Ido: helpema (io)
- Irish: cúntach
- Italian: disponibile (it), utile (it), d'aiuto
- Japanese: 役に立つ (ja) (yakunitatsu), 有用 (ja) (yūyō)
- Javanese: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: opifer, adiūtābilis
- Norwegian: hjelpsom
- Persian: سودمند (fa)
- Plautdietsch: behelplich
- Polish: pomocny (pl), uczynny (pl) (of people)
- Portuguese: prestável (pt), útil (pt)
- Romanian: util (ro), ajutător (ro)
- Russian: поле́зный (ru) (poléznyj), (of people) любе́зный (ru) (ljubéznyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: cuideachail
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: pomocny
- Spanish: servicial (es), útil (es), adyuvante (es), acomedido (es), solícito (es), oficioso (es), ayudador (es)
- Swahili: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: hjälpsam (sv)
- Telugu: please add this translation if you can
- Tocharian B: ekītatstse
- Urdu: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: hay giúp đỡ
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