guide — [ gid ] n. m. et f. • 1370; a. provenç. ou it. guida I ♦ N. 1 ♦ Personne qui accompagne (qqn) pour montrer le chemin, renseigner. Servir de guide à qqn. ⇒ cicérone, fam. cornac. Guide de montagne : alpiniste professionnel(le) diplômé(e). Guide d… … Encyclopédie Universelle
guide — 1. (ghi d ) s. m. 1° Celui, celle qui conduit une personne et, l accompagnant, lui montre le chemin. Il a pris un guide fidèle et expérimenté. On a des guides pour les excursions dans les Alpes ou les Pyrénées. • Elle voulut être mon guide,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
guide- — ⇒GUIDE , élém. de compos. Élém. de compos. déverbal du verbe guider, servant à la constr. de subst. gén. masc. désignant essentiellement des appareils, des ustensiles servant à guider : guide âme, subst. masc. [Par imitation parodique de guide… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Guide — Guide, n. [OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See {Guide}, v. t.] 1. A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guide — Guide, n. [OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See {Guide}, v. t.] 1. A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guide — vb Guide, lead, steer, pilot, engineer are comparable when meaning to direct a person or thing in his or its course or to show the way which he or it should follow. Guide usually implies assistance either by means of a person with intimate… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
guide — guide·book; guide; guide·less; guide·ship; mis·guide; guide·book·ish; guide·booky; guide·less·ness; … English syllables
Guide — [frz.: gid , engl.: gaɪd ], der; s, s [frz., engl. guide < mfrz. guide, zu: guider = führen < afrz. guier, aus dem Germ.]: 1. Reisebegleiter, der Touristen führt. 2. Reiseführer o. Ä. als Handbuch. * * * Guide [französisch gid, englisch… … Universal-Lexikon
Guide — Guide, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guiding}.] [OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It. guidare; prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guide — [gīd] vt. guided, guiding [ME giden < OFr guider < guide < It guida < Goth * wida, leader, guide < * witan, to observe, akin to OE witan, to see: see WISE1] 1. to point out the way for; direct on a course; conduct; lead 2. to… … English World dictionary
