assis
French, adjective/a.si/
assis is spelled A-S-S-I-S (5 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written French, the 3,248th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assis is a French adjective meaning “sat, sat down, seated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of asseoir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Placé sur son séant”.
What does assis mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sat, sat down, seated
verb
- 1
past participle of asseoir
verb
- 1
first/second-person plural past historic of asseoir
verb
- 1
masculinemasculine plural of assi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Placé sur son séant. 2. Destiné à faire asseoir. 3. Solidement établi. 4. Se dit d'un quadrupède représenté le postérieur à terre, les pattes arrière repliées, les antérieures éventuellement posées au sol.
noun: 1. Personne qui est sur un siège ou qui a une position sociale établie.
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 assis
- assise feminine
- assises feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assis?
- /a.si/
- \a.si\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is assis in French?
assis appears 24 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).