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Webster 1913 Edition
Assister
As-sist′er
,Noun.
An assistant; a helper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assister
ASSIST'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
assister
assister
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sis.te/
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.
- Nous assistons au match.
- (intransitive, followed by à) to witness, to observe
Conjugation
Conjugation of assister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | assister | avoir assisté | |||||
| gerund | en assistant | en ayant assisté | |||||
| present participle | assistant /a.sis.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | assisté /a.sis.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | assistai /a.sis.te/ |
assistas /a.sis.ta/ |
assista /a.sis.ta/ |
assistâmes /a.sis.tam/ |
assistâtes /a.sis.tat/ |
assistèrent /a.sis.tɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | assiste /a.sist/ |
assistes /a.sist/ |
assiste /a.sist/ |
assistions /a.sis.tjɔ̃/ |
assistiez /a.sis.tje/ |
assistent /a.sist/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | assiste /a.sist/ |
— | assistons /a.sis.tɔ̃/ |
assistez /a.sis.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Anagrams
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
- 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
| 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 | — | ||