assimiler
French
Etymology
From Old French assimiler, borrowed from Latin assimilō, assimilāre. See also assembler, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.si.mi.le/
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Verb
assimiler
- to assimilate (all meanings)
- to liken
Conjugation
Conjugation of assimiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | assimiler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | assimilant /a.si.mi.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | assimilé /a.si.mi.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | assimile /a.si.mil/ | assimiles /a.si.mil/ | assimile /a.si.mil/ | assimilons /a.si.mi.lɔ̃/ | assimilez /a.si.mi.le/ | assimilent /a.si.mil/ |
| imperfect | assimilais /a.si.mi.lɛ/ | assimilais /a.si.mi.lɛ/ | assimilait /a.si.mi.lɛ/ | assimilions /a.si.mi.ljɔ̃/ | assimiliez /a.si.mi.lje/ | assimilaient /a.si.mi.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | assimilai /a.si.mi.le/ | assimilas /a.si.mi.la/ | assimila /a.si.mi.la/ | assimilâmes /a.si.mi.lam/ | assimilâtes /a.si.mi.lat/ | assimilèrent /a.si.mi.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | assimilerai /a.si.mil.ʁe/ | assimileras /a.si.mil.ʁa/ | assimilera /a.si.mil.ʁa/ | assimilerons /a.si.mil.ʁɔ̃/ | assimilerez /a.si.mil.ʁe/ | assimileront /a.si.mil.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | assimilerais /a.si.mil.ʁɛ/ | assimilerais /a.si.mil.ʁɛ/ | assimilerait /a.si.mil.ʁɛ/ | assimilerions /a.si.mi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | assimileriez /a.si.mi.lə.ʁje/ | assimileraient /a.si.mil.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | assimile /a.si.mil/ | assimiles /a.si.mil/ | assimile /a.si.mil/ | assimilions /a.si.mi.ljɔ̃/ | assimiliez /a.si.mi.lje/ | assimilent /a.si.mil/ |
| imperfect2 | assimilasse /a.si.mi.las/ | assimilasses /a.si.mi.las/ | assimilât /a.si.mi.la/ | assimilassions /a.si.mi.la.sjɔ̃/ | assimilassiez /a.si.mi.la.sje/ | assimilassent /a.si.mi.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | assimile /a.si.mil/ | — | assimilons /a.si.mi.lɔ̃/ | assimilez /a.si.mi.le/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “assimiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
assimiler
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of assimilō
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
assimiler
- imperative of assimilere
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin assimilō, assimilāre.
Verb
assimiler
- to assimilate (to take into the body)
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 184 of this essay:
- quant la action de assimiler nourrissement en chair est corrumpue
- when the action of assimilating nourishment into the flesh is corrupted
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ils, *-ilt are modified to is, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of assimiler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | assimiler | avoir assimilé | |||||
| gerund | en assimilant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | assimilant | ||||||
| past participle | assimilé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | assimil | assimiles | assimile | assimilons | assimilez | assimilent |
| imperfect | assimiloie, assimileie, assimiloe, assimileve | assimiloies, assimileies, assimiloes, assimileves | assimiloit, assimileit, assimilot, assimileve | assimiliiens, assimiliens | assimiliiez, assimiliez | assimiloient, assimileient, assimiloent, assimilevent | |
| preterite | assimilai | assimilas | assimila | assimilames | assimilastes | assimilerent | |
| future | assimilerai | assimileras | assimilera | assimilerons | assimileroiz, assimilereiz, assimilerez | assimileront | |
| conditional | assimileroie, assimilereie | assimileroies, assimilereies | assimileroit, assimilereit | assimileriiens, assimileriens | assimileriiez, assimileriez | assimileroient, assimilereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | assimil | assimis | assimit | assimilons | assimilez | assimilent |
| imperfect | assimilasse | assimilasses | assimilast | assimilissons, assimilissiens | assimilissoiz, assimilissez, assimilissiez | assimilassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | assimile | — | assimilons | assimilez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: assimiler