assistant
French, noun/a.sis.tɑ̃/
assistant is spelled A-S-S-I-S-T-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assistant is a French masculine noun meaning “assistant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of assister. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne présente en un lieu”.
What does assistant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineassistant
verb
- 1
present participle of assister
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne présente en un lieu. 2. Aide ; personne qui se tient auprès de quelqu’un pour l’aider. 3. Personne qui aide le général ou le provincial dans un ordre religieux.
noun: 1. Objet utile, qui aide. 2. Programme d’aide intégré à un logiciel, qui guide les utilisateurs et utilisatrices dans l’exécution de certaines tâches.
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 assistant
- assistants plural
- assistante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assistant?
- /a.sis.tɑ̃/
- \a.sis.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to assistant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is assistant in French?
assistant appears 15 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).