assener

See also: asséner

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French asener, from sen (“direction”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *sinn (“sense, mental faculty, way, direction”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *sinnaz (“mind, meaning”). More at sens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.ne/, /a.se.ne/

Verb

assener

1. to strike (a blow)
2. to thrust out, fling (an argument, reply)

Further reading

• “assener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.