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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French asseoir, from Old French asseoir, from Vulgar Latin *assedēre, reformed from Latin assidēre, on the basis of sedeō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.swaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

asseoir

  1. (transitive) to sit (someone) down, to seat, make sit
    Assieds les enfants sur des chaises !
    Sit the children down on chairs!
  3. (reflexive) to sit down, sit up, take a seat
    Asseyez-vous ! ― Sit down!
  4. (transitive) to assert
    asseoir sa domination ― to assert one's dominance

Conjugation

The verb asseoir (and its derivative rasseoir) has 2 distinct conjugations.

Conjugation of asseoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple asseoir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple assoyant or asseyant
/a.swa.jɑ̃/ or /a.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /a.se.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle assis
/a.si/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present assois or assieds
/a.swa/ or /a.sje/ 		assois or assieds
/a.swa/ or /a.sje/ 		assoit or assied
/a.swa/ or /a.sje/ 		assoyons or asseyons
/a.swa.jɔ̃/ or /a.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /a.se.jɔ̃/ 		assoyez or asseyez
/a.swa.je/ or /a.sɛ.je/ or /a.se.je/ 		assoient or asseyent
/a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/
imperfect assoyais or asseyais
/a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.jɛ/ or /a.se.jɛ/ 		assoyais or asseyais
/a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.jɛ/ or /a.se.jɛ/ 		assoyait or asseyait
/a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.jɛ/ or /a.se.jɛ/ 		assoyions or asseyions
/a.swaj.jɔ̃/ or /a.sɛj.jɔ̃/ 		assoyiez or asseyiez
/a.swaj.je/ or /a.sɛj.je/ 		assoyaient or asseyaient
/a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.jɛ/ or /a.se.jɛ/
past historic2 assis
/a.si/ 		assis
/a.si/ 		assit
/a.si/ 		assîmes
/a.sim/ 		assîtes
/a.sit/ 		assirent
/a.siʁ/
future assoirai or assiérai
/a.swa.ʁe/ or /a.sje.ʁe/ 		assoiras or assiéras
/a.swa.ʁa/ or /a.sje.ʁa/ 		assoira or assiéra
/a.swa.ʁa/ or /a.sje.ʁa/ 		assoirons or assiérons
/a.swa.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.sje.ʁɔ̃/ 		assoirez or assiérez
/a.swa.ʁe/ or /a.sje.ʁe/ 		assoiront or assiéront
/a.swa.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.sje.ʁɔ̃/
conditional assoirais or assiérais
/a.swa.ʁɛ/ or /a.sje.ʁɛ/ 		assoirais or assiérais
/a.swa.ʁɛ/ or /a.sje.ʁɛ/ 		assoirait or assiérait
/a.swa.ʁɛ/ or /a.sje.ʁɛ/ 		assoirions or assiérions
/a.swa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.sje.ʁjɔ̃/ 		assoiriez or assiériez
/a.swa.ʁje/ or /a.sje.ʁje/ 		assoiraient or assiéraient
/a.swa.ʁɛ/ or /a.sje.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 assoie or asseye
/a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/ 		assoies or asseyes
/a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/ 		assoie or asseye
/a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/ 		assoyions or asseyions
/a.swaj.jɔ̃/ or /a.sɛj.jɔ̃/ 		assoyiez or asseyiez
/a.swaj.je/ or /a.sɛj.je/ 		assoient or asseyent
/a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/
imperfect2 assisse
/a.sis/ 		assisses
/a.sis/ 		assît
/a.si/ 		assissions
/a.si.sjɔ̃/ 		assissiez
/a.si.sje/ 		assissent
/a.sis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — assois or assieds
/a.swa/ or /a.sje/ 		— assoyons or asseyons
/a.swa.jɔ̃/ or /a.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /a.se.jɔ̃/ 		assoyez or asseyez
/a.swa.je/ or /a.sɛ.je/ or /a.se.je/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

The verb asseoir (and its derivative rasseoir) has 2 distinct conjugations.

Conjugation of s'asseoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'asseoir
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’assoyant or s’asseyant
/sa.swa.jɑ̃/ or /sa.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /sa.se.jɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle assis
/a.si/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’assois or m’assieds
/ma.swa/ or /ma.sje/ 		t’assois or t’assieds
/ta.swa/ or /ta.sje/ 		s’assoit or s’assied
/sa.swa/ or /sa.sje/ 		nous assoyons or nous asseyons
/nu.z‿a.swa.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.se.jɔ̃/ 		vous assoyez or vous asseyez
/vu.z‿a.swa.je/ or /vu.z‿a.sɛ.je/ or /vu.z‿a.se.je/ 		s’assoient or s’asseyent
/sa.swa/ or /sa.sɛj/
imperfect m’assoyais or m’asseyais
/ma.swa.jɛ/ or /ma.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ma.se.jɛ/ 		t’assoyais or t’asseyais
/ta.swa.jɛ/ or /ta.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ta.se.jɛ/ 		s’assoyait or s’asseyait
/sa.swa.jɛ/ or /sa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /sa.se.jɛ/ 		nous assoyions or nous asseyions
/nu.z‿a.swaj.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.sɛj.jɔ̃/ 		vous assoyiez or vous asseyiez
/vu.z‿a.swaj.je/ or /vu.z‿a.sɛj.je/ 		s’assoyaient or s’asseyaient
/sa.swa.jɛ/ or /sa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /sa.se.jɛ/
past historic2 m’assis
/ma.si/ 		t’assis
/ta.si/ 		s’assit
/sa.si/ 		nous assîmes
/nu.z‿a.sim/ 		vous assîtes
/vu.z‿a.sit/ 		s’assirent
/sa.siʁ/
future m’assoirai or m’assiérai
/ma.swa.ʁe/ or /ma.sje.ʁe/ 		t’assoiras or t’assiéras
/ta.swa.ʁa/ or /ta.sje.ʁa/ 		s’assoira or s’assiéra
/sa.swa.ʁa/ or /sa.sje.ʁa/ 		nous assoirons or nous assiérons
/nu.z‿a.swa.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.sje.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous assoirez or vous assiérez
/vu.z‿a.swa.ʁe/ or /vu.z‿a.sje.ʁe/ 		s’assoiront or s’assiéront
/sa.swa.ʁɔ̃/ or /sa.sje.ʁɔ̃/
conditional m’assoirais or m’assiérais
/ma.swa.ʁɛ/ or /ma.sje.ʁɛ/ 		t’assoirais or t’assiérais
/ta.swa.ʁɛ/ or /ta.sje.ʁɛ/ 		s’assoirait or s’assiérait
/sa.swa.ʁɛ/ or /sa.sje.ʁɛ/ 		nous assoirions or nous assiérions
/nu.z‿a.swa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.sje.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous assoiriez or vous assiériez
/vu.z‿a.swa.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿a.sje.ʁje/ 		s’assoiraient or s’assiéraient
/sa.swa.ʁɛ/ or /sa.sje.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’assoie or m’asseye
/ma.swa/ or /ma.sɛj/ 		t’assoies or t’asseyes
/ta.swa/ or /ta.sɛj/ 		s’assoie or s’asseye
/sa.swa/ or /sa.sɛj/ 		nous assoyions or nous asseyions
/nu.z‿a.swaj.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.sɛj.jɔ̃/ 		vous assoyiez or vous asseyiez
/vu.z‿a.swaj.je/ or /vu.z‿a.sɛj.je/ 		s’assoient or s’asseyent
/sa.swa/ or /sa.sɛj/
imperfect2 m’assisse
/ma.sis/ 		t’assisses
/ta.sis/ 		s’assît
/sa.si/ 		nous assissions
/nu.z‿a.si.sjɔ̃/ 		vous assissiez
/vu.z‿a.si.sje/ 		s’assissent
/sa.sis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — assois-toi or assieds-toi
/a.swa.twa/ or /a.sje.twa/ 		— assoyons-nous or asseyons-nous
/a.swa.jɔ̃.nu/ or /a.sɛ.jɔ̃.nu/ or /a.se.jɔ̃.nu/ 		assoyez-vous or asseyez-vous
/a.swa.je.vu/ or /a.sɛ.je.vu/ or /a.se.je.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

Descendants

  • Saint Dominican Creole French: sitta
    • Haitian Creole: chita
  • Louisiana Creole: assite

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French asseoir.

Verb

asseoir

  1. (sometimes reflexive, s'asseoir/se asseoir) to sit down (take a seat)
  2. (transitive) to sit (make someone sit down)
  3. (transitive) to place (an object)

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *assedēre, reformed from Latin assidēre, present active infinitive of assideō, on the basis of sedeō.

Pronunciation

Verb

asseoir

  1. (sometimes reflexive, s'asseoir) to sit down (take a seat)
  2. to sit (make someone sit down)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem assie distinct from the unstressed stem asse, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of asseoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive asseoir avoir assis
gerund en asseant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle asseant
past participle assis
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present assié assiez assiet asseons asseez assieent
imperfect asseoie, asseeie asseoies, asseeies asseoit, asseeit asseïiens, asseïens asseïiez, asseïez asseoient, asseeient
preterite assis asseṣis assist asseṣimes asseṣistes assisdrent
future asserrai asserras asserra asserrons asserroiz, asserreiz, asserrez asserront
conditional asserroie, asserreie asserroies, asserreies asserroit, asserreit asserriiens, asserriens asserriiez, asserriez asserroient, asserreient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present assiee, assië assiees, assiës assiee, assië asseons, asseiiens, asseions asseez, asseiiez assieent, assiënt
imperfect asseṣisse asseṣisses asseṣist asseṣissons, asseṣissiens asseṣissoiz, asseṣissez, asseṣissiez asseṣissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— assie — asseons asseez —

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