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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

assister

1. (transitive) to assist, to aid
2. (intransitive, ~ à) to attend, to be present

   Nous assistons au match.

   We're attending the match.

3. (intransitive, ~ à) to witness, to observe

   Conjugation of assister (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		assister			avoir assisté
gerund		en assistant			en ayant assisté
present participle		assistant
past participle		assisté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	assiste	assistes	assiste	assistons	assistez	assistent
	imperfect	assistais	assistais	assistait	assistions	assistiez	assistaient
	past historic1	assistai	assistas	assista	assistâmes	assistâtes	assistèrent
	future	assisterai	assisteras	assistera	assisterons	assisterez	assisteront
	conditional	assisterais	assisterais	assisterait	assisterions	assisteriez	assisteraient
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	assistes	assiste	assistions	assistiez	assistent
	imperfect1	assistasse	assistasses	assistât	assistassions	assistassiez	assistassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	assiste	—	assistons	assistez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• assistance

Anagrams

• râtisses, râtissés, résistas, starises, stressai, tarisses, tirasses, tisseras, tressais, triasses

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Swedish

Noun

assister

1. indefinite plural of assist