assister

English

Etymology

assist +‎ -er.

Noun

assister (plural assisters)

  1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assistō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.sis.te/
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Verb

assister

  1. (transitive) to assist, to aid
  2. (intransitive, followed by à) to attend, to be present
    Nous assistons au match.
    We're attending the match.
  3. (intransitive, followed by à) to witness, to observe

Conjugation
Conjugation of assister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle assistant
/a.sis.tɑ̃/
past participle assisté
/a.sis.te/
infinitive
simple assister
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple assistant
/a.sis.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assistō.

Verb

assister

  1. 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

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
simple compound
infinitive assister avoir assisté
gerund en assistant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle assistant
past participle assisté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il 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 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 past historic 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 ie que tu qu'il 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 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 – nous vous –
— assiste — assistons assistez —

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

assister

  1. imperative of assistere

Swedish

Noun

assister

  1. indefinite plural of assist
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