Meanings
nounguide dog (plural guide dogs)
plural guide dogs
- A dog that is trained to be of assistance to a visually impaired or hearing-impaired person and is thus able to guide them.
Synonyms: dog guide
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dog that is trained to be of assistance to a visually impaired or hearing-impaired person and is thus able to guide them.
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Afrikaans leihond
- leihonddog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Catalan gos pigall
- gos pigalldog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Chinese Mandarin 導盲犬 /导盲犬
- 導盲犬 /导盲犬 (dǎomángquǎn)dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Danish førerhund
- førerhunddog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Dutch geleidehond, blindengeleidehond
- geleidehonddog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
- blindengeleidehonddog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Estonian juhtkoer
- juhtkoerdog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Finnish opaskoira
- opaskoiradog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
French chien d'aveugle, chien guide d'aveugle
- chien d'aveugledog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
- chien guide d'aveugledog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
German Blindenhund, Blindenführhund
- Blindenhunddog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
- Blindenführhunddog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Hebrew כֶּלֶב נְחִיָּה
- כֶּלֶב נְחִיָּה (kélev n'ẖiyá)dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Hungarian vakvezető kutya
- vakvezető kutyadog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Italian cane guida
- cane guidadog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Japanese 盲導犬
- 盲導犬 (mōdōken)dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Korean 맹도견
- 맹도견 (maengdogyeon)dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Malay anjing pandu
- anjing pandudog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Māori kurī arataki
- kurī aratakidog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Norwegian Bokmål førerhund
- førerhunddog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Polish pies przewodnik
- pies przewodnikdog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Portuguese cão-guia
- cão-guiadog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Russian соба́ка-поводы́рь
- соба́ка-поводы́рь (sobáka-povodýrʹ)dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Spanish perro guía, lazarillo
- perro guíadog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
- lazarillodog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
- perro lazarillodog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Swedish ledarhund, blindhund
- ledarhunddog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
- blindhunddog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
Turkish rehber köpek
- rehber köpekdog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person
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guide dog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guide%20dog
MLA
“guide dog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guide%20dog. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guide dog,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guide%20dog.
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