assimiler
French, verb/a.si.mi.le/
assimiler is spelled A-S-S-I-M-I-L-E-R (9 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assimiler is a French verb meaning “to assimilate (all meanings), to absorb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre semblable”.
What does assimiler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to assimilate (all meanings), to absorb
- 2
to liken
- 3
to lump together (e.g., one group with another)
- 4
to digest (of food)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre semblable. 2. Présenter comme semblables deux ou plusieurs personnes, ou deux ou plusieurs choses. 3. Absorber les aliments lors de la digestion. 4. Incorporer du savoir, des connaissances dans l’esprit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of assimiler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- assimilant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- assimilé participle past
- assimile first-person indicative present
- assimiles indicative present second-person
- assimilons first-person indicative plural
- assimilez indicative plural present
- assimilent indicative plural present
- assimilais first-person imperfect indicative
- assimilait imperfect indicative singular
- assimilions first-person imperfect indicative
- assimiliez imperfect indicative plural
- assimilaient imperfect indicative plural
- assimilai first-person historic indicative
- assimilas historic indicative past
- assimila historic indicative past
- assimilâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assimiler?
- /a.si.mi.le/
- \a.si.mi.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to assimiler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is assimiler in French?
assimiler appears 3.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).