assemble

See also: assemblé

English

Etymology

From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- +‎ simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈsɛmbl̩/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: as‧sem‧ble

Verb

assemble (third-person singular simple present assembles, present participle assembling, simple past and past participle assembled)

(transitive) To put together.
He assembled the model ship.
(transitive, intransitive) To gather as a group.
The parents assembled in the school hall.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
  Thither he assembled all his train.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Kings viii:2:
  All the men of Israel assembled themselves.
(computing) To translate from assembly language to machine code.

Synonyms

(to put together): build, construct, produce, put together; see also Thesaurus:build
(to gather as a group): collect, begather; see also Thesaurus:assemble or Thesaurus:round up

Derived terms

self-assembling

Translations

to put together

Albanian: lidh (sq), montoj (sq), ngjis, bashkoj (sq)
Armenian: հավաքել (hy) (havakʿel)
Azerbaijani: quraşdırmaq (az), yığmaq (az)
Bulgarian: сглобявам (bg) (sglobjavam), монтирам (bg) (montiram)
Catalan: muntar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 砌 (cai³)
Mandarin: 收集 (zh) (shōují), 組合／组合 (zh) (zǔhé), 聚集 (zh) (jùjí)
Dutch: in elkaar zetten
Egyptian:

(dmḏj)
Esperanto: kunmeti
Finnish: koota (fi)
French: assembler (fr), rassembler (fr)
Galician: ensamblar (gl), montar (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: zusammensetzen (de), versammeln (de)
Greek:
Ancient: συντίθημι (suntíthēmi)
Hebrew: אסף‎ (he) (asáf)
Hungarian: összerak (hu), összeállít (hu), összeszerel (hu)
Icelandic: samansetja
Indonesian: merakit (id)
Irish: cruinnigh
Italian: assemblare (it), montare (it), mettere insieme
Japanese: 集める (ja) (あつめる, atsumeru), 組み立てる (ja) (くみたてる, kumitateru)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: سر هم کردن‎ (sar-e-ham kardan), سرهمیدن‎ (fa)
Polish: montować (pl)
Portuguese: montar (pt), juntar (pt)
Quechua: tantay, huñuy
Romanian: asambla (ro), monta (ro)
Russian: собира́ть (ru) impf (sobirátʹ), собра́ть (ru) pf (sobrátʹ), монти́ровать (ru) (montírovatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: са̀ставити
Roman: sàstaviti (sh)
Spanish: ensamblar (es), construir (es), montar (es)
Swedish: sätta ihop, montera (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to gather as a group

Albanian: mbledh (sq), grumbulloj (sq), bashkoj (sq)
Armenian: հավաքվել (hy) (havakʿvel)
Bulgarian: свиквам (bg) (svikvam), събирам се (sǎbiram se)
Cherokee: ᎠᎾᏓᏟᏏᎭ (anadatlisiha)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聚集 (zh) (jùjí)
Czech: shromáždit se
Dutch: samenkomen (nl), zich verzamelen
Esperanto: arigi
Finnish: kokoontua (fi)
French: se rassembler (fr), s'assembler (fr), se réunir (fr)
German: sich versammeln (de), zusammenkommen (de)
Hebrew: התאסף‎ (hit'aséf), כנס‎ (he) (kanás)
Hungarian: összegyűlik (hu), egybegyűlik (hu)
Icelandic: flykkjast
Indonesian: berkumpul (id)
Irish: tiomsaigh
Italian: riunire (it), riunirsi (it), adunare (it), adunarsi (it),
Japanese: 集まる (ja) (あつまる, atsumaru)
Korean: 모으다 (ko) (mo'euda)
Latin: coeō, conveniō (la)
Maori: whakahuihui, whakamine, karawhiti, rūpeke, ikapahi
Persian: جمع شدن‎ (fa) (jam' šodan), گرد هم آمدن‎ (gerd-e-ham âmadan)
Plautdietsch: toopkomen
Polish: zbierać się (pl), gromadzić się (pl)
Portuguese: reunir-se, juntar-se
Quechua: tantay, huñuy
Romanian: reuni (ro)
Russian: собира́ться (ru) impf (sobirátʹsja), собра́ться (ru) pf (sobrátʹsja)
Spanish: reunir (es), juntar (es)
Swedish: samlas (sv), sammankallas (sv)
Tocharian B: kraup-

computing: to translate from assembly language to machine code

Finnish: kääntää (fi)
Icelandic: smala
Swedish: assemblera

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} assembler (fr) (1), ^{(please verify)} se rassembler (fr) (2)
Nahuatl: ^{(please verify)} centalia
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} sklopiti (sh), ^{(please verify)} montirati (sh)

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

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Verb

assemble

inflection of assembler:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative