assistent

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

assistent m (plural assistents, feminine assistenta)

1. assistant, aid

   (cyclism) soigneur

2. attendee

Related terms

• assistència
• assistir

Further reading

• “assistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “assistent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “assistent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “assistent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin assistens.

Noun

assistent c (singular definite assistenten, plural indefinite assistenter)

1. assistant

Declension

Further reading

• “assistent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assistēns, active participle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.siˈstɛnt/

• assistent

  (file)

• Hyphenation: as‧sis‧tent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

assistent m (plural assistenten, diminutive assistentje n, feminine assistente)

1. assistant, person who assists, aid

Usage notes

• Often enters as first term in copulative compounds, the second term (after a -) specifying which assistance the person lends or rather who receives assistance.

Synonyms

• adjunct m
• helper m

Derived terms

• assistentie
• hoofdassistent m
• persoonlijk assistent m
• troonassistent m

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: asistèn
• → Indonesian: asisten
• → Peranakan Indonesian: assistent

Estonian

Noun

assistent (genitive assistendi, partitive assistenti)

1. assistant

   Synonyms: abiline, asetäitja

Declension

Further reading

• assistent in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sist/

Verb

assistent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of assister

Anagrams

• attinsses

Latin

Verb

assistent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of assistō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin assistens.

Noun

assistent m (definite singular assistenten, indefinite plural assistenter, definite plural assistentene)

1. an assistant

Synonyms

• medhjelper

Related terms

• assistere

References

• “assistent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin assistens.

Noun

assistent m (definite singular assistenten, indefinite plural assistentar, definite plural assistentane)

1. an assistant

Synonyms

• medhjelpar

References

• “assistent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch assistent (“assistent”).

Adjective

assistent

1. assistant

   Anem djam sabelon diboeka itoe persidangan assistent resident Bandoeng telah oendang satoe anggota bestuur T.H.H.K. Bandoeng dan satoe oetoesan dari Soerabaja boeat dateng di kantoornja. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

hushållsassistent

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From assistera +‎ -ent. Stand mixer sense is a genericized trademark from the Electrolux kitchen appliance Assistent.

Noun

assistent c

1. an assistant (person who assists), a clerical officer

   Synonym: hjälpare

2. a stand mixer (stationary electric mixer)

   Synonym: hushållsassistent

3. (computing) a wizard (program or script used to simplify complex operations)

   Synonym: guide

Declension

See also

• elvisp (“hand mixer”)

References

• assistent in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• assistent in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• assistent in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)