assister

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English

Etymology

From assist +‎ -er.

Noun

assister (plural assisters)

  1. One who assists; an assistant or helper.
  2. (sports) Someone who provides an assist to a goal

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assistō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.sis.te/
  • Audio:(file)

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)
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 – 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 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).

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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
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 – tu – nous vous –
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 , 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 , op. cit., p. 180).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

assister

  1. imperative of assistere

Swedish

Noun

assister

  1. indefinite plural of assist
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