assister
English
Etymology
Noun
assister (plural assisters)
References
- “assister”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sis.te/
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Verb
assister
- (transitive) to assist, to aid
- (intransitive) to attend, to be present [with à]
- Nous assistons au match. ― We're attending the match.
- (intransitive) to witness, to observe [with à]
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
Derived terms
Further reading
- “assister”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /asˈsis.ter/
- Rhymes: -ister
- Hyphenation: as‧sì‧ster
Verb
assister (apocopated)
- apocopic form of assistere
Middle French
Etymology
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
- 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