assister
English
Etymology
assist + -er.
Noun
assister (plural assisters)
- One who assists; an assistant or helper.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for assister in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- tirasses
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin assistō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sis.te/
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Verb
assister
- (transitive) to assist, to aid
- (intransitive, followed by à) to attend, to be present
- Nous assistons au match. ― We're attending the match.
- (intransitive, followed by à) to witness, to observe
Conjugation
Conjugation of assister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | assister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | assistant /a.sis.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | assisté /a.sis.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | assiste /a.sist/ | assistes /a.sist/ | assiste /a.sist/ | assistons /a.sis.tɔ̃/ | assistez /a.sis.te/ | assistent /a.sist/ |
| imperfect | assistais /a.sis.tɛ/ | assistais /a.sis.tɛ/ | assistait /a.sis.tɛ/ | assistions /a.sis.tjɔ̃/ | assistiez /a.sis.tje/ | assistaient /a.sis.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | assistai /a.sis.te/ | assistas /a.sis.ta/ | assista /a.sis.ta/ | assistâmes /a.sis.tam/ | assistâtes /a.sis.tat/ | assistèrent /a.sis.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | assisterai /a.sis.tə.ʁe/ | assisteras /a.sis.tə.ʁa/ | assistera /a.sis.tə.ʁa/ | assisterons /a.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | assisterez /a.sis.tə.ʁe/ | assisteront /a.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | assisterais /a.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ | assisterais /a.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ | assisterait /a.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ | assisterions /a.sis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | assisteriez /a.sis.tə.ʁje/ | assisteraient /a.sis.tə.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 | assiste /a.sist/ | assistes /a.sist/ | assiste /a.sist/ | assistions /a.sis.tjɔ̃/ | assistiez /a.sis.tje/ | assistent /a.sist/ |
| imperfect2 | assistasse /a.sis.tas/ | assistasses /a.sis.tas/ | assistât /a.sis.ta/ | assistassions /a.sis.ta.sjɔ̃/ | assistassiez /a.sis.ta.sje/ | assistassent /a.sis.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | assiste /a.sist/ | — | assistons /a.sis.tɔ̃/ | assistez /a.sis.te/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- direction assistée
Derived terms
- assistance
Further reading
- “assister”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- râtisses, râtissés, résistas, starises, stressai, tarisses, tirasses, tisseras, tressais, triasses
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin assistō.
Verb
assister
- to be present
- 1568, Les actes de la conference tenue a Paris ... 1566 entre deux Docteurs de Sorbonne et deux ministres de Calvin page 556
- Et davantage, il y a une difference entre assister aux prieres, & de participer à icelles
- And moreover, there is a difference between being present at prayers, and participating in them
- Et davantage, il y a une difference entre assister aux prieres, & de participer à icelles
- 1568, Les actes de la conference tenue a Paris ... 1566 entre deux Docteurs de Sorbonne et deux ministres de Calvin page 556
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of assister
| infinitive | simple | assister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | assistant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | assisté | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | assiste | assistes | assiste | assistons | assistez | assistent |
| imperfect | assistois, assistoys | assistois, assistoys | assistoit, assistoyt | assistions, assistyons | assistiez, assistyez | assistoient, assistoyent | |
| past historic | assista | assistas | assista | assistasmes | assistastes | assisterent | |
| future | assisterai, assisteray | assisteras | assistera | assisterons | assisterez | assisteront | |
| conditional | assisterois, assisteroys | assisterois, assisteroys | assisteroit, assisteroyt | assisterions, assisteryons | assisteriez, assisteryez | assisteroient, assisteroyent | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | assiste | assistes | assiste | assistons | assistez | assistent |
| imperfect | assistasse | assistasses | assistast | assistassions | assistassiez | assistassent | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | assiste | — | assistons | assistez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
assister
- imperative of assistere
Swedish
Noun
assister
- indefinite plural of assist.