assise

See also: Assise

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French assisebor.

English assise

Borrowed from French assise.

Noun

assise (plural assises)

1. (geology, stratigraphy) Two or more beds or strata of rock united by the occurrence of fossils of the same characteristic species or genera.

   Synonym: bed

   • 1898, Geological Magazine, volume V, Henry Woodward, page 543:

     The “Assises” in question are numbered III and IV by Mourlon , and are the lower two of his divisions of the ”psammites” (op. cit., tome i, pp. 92, 93). There is little doubt but that the present species is the Agelacrinus of Mourlon.

Anagrams

• saises

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.siz/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Etymology 1

See asseoir.

Noun

assise f (plural assises)

1. foundation (supporting base of a wall)
2. (figuratively) base, basis, foundation

   Synonyms: base, fondation

   • 2025 June 25, Sandra Lorenzo, quoting Catherine Vautrin, “Interdiction des écrans avant trois ans : bientôt un arrêté ?”, in La Provence, sourced from AFP, →ISSN, Grand Sud:

     “ […] Ils ont contribué à l'élaboration d'un référentiel sur la qualité d'accueil qui mentionne déjà cette interdiction, et cela leur donnera une assise encore plus forte pour conseiller les parents”, a expliqué Catherine Vautrin.

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3. (geology) stratum, bed, layer (layer of sedimentary rock)
4. (ecology) stratum (layer of vegetation)
5. (anatomy) stratum (layer of tissue)
6. (masonry) course (row or layer of bricks)
7. seat of a chair

Participle

assise f sg

1. feminine singular of assis

   Elle est assise en ce moment-même.

   She is sitting down at this very moment.

Adjective

assise

1. feminine singular of assis

See also

• assises (further definitions)

Etymology 2

Noun

assise f (plural assises)

1. (archaic, Lorraine, chiefly plural) fly excrement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• essais

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈsi.ze/
• Rhymes: -ize
• Hyphenation: as‧sì‧se

Etymology 1

Noun

assise f pl (plural only)

1. assizes

Etymology 2

Participle

assise f pl

1. feminine plural of assiso

Middle English

Alternative forms

• assys, assyse, assyce, assis, assisse, asyse, a-sise, asyce, ascyse, asysse, a-cyse, acyse

Etymology

From Old French assises, from Latin assideō. Compare syse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsiːz(ə)/

Noun

assise (plural assises)

1. (law) A holding of the court of assize (a regularly-scheduled regional court); an assizes.
2. (law) A legal case for a court of assize.
3. (law) A legal document or text enforcing a standard for an item.
4. (law) An enforced standard measurement of a product's nature (e.g. mass, standard, dimensions, etc.)
5. A method, a way of doing something.
6. A type or sort of something; a variety.
7. Established or standard practice; customary action.
8. A verdict, finding, or conclusion.
9. (religion) The Final Judgment.
10. (law) Any legal text or document; a law.
11. The correct or normal position in a sequential group.
12. (rare) A point of difference; that which makes something distinct.

Descendants

• English: assize
• Scots: assize (now rare)

References

• “assīse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018.

Adjective

assise

1. customary, standard, usual

References

• “assīse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018.