assister

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti

Proto-Italic *sistō

Latin sistō

Latin assistō

Old French assisterbor.

Middle English assisten

English assist

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English assister

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

References

• “assister”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tirasses

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assistō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sis.te/

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Verb

assister

1. (transitive) to assist, to aid
2. (intransitive) to attend, to be present [with à]

   Nous assistons au match. ― We're attending the match.

3. (intransitive) to witness, to observe [with à]

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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• direction assistée

Derived terms

• assistance

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈsis.ter/
• Rhymes: -ister
• Hyphenation: as‧sì‧ster

Verb

assister (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of assistere

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 [1995], 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 [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

assister

1. imperative of assistere

Swedish

Noun

assister

1. indefinite plural of assist