assume
French, verb
assume is spelled A-S-S-U-M-E (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assume is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, assumé is a different word: “past participle of assumer”.
What does assume mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative
- 2
first-person singular present subjunctive
- 3
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of assumer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui agit de façon responsable, en connaissance de cause.
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 assume
- assumée feminine
- assumés masculine plural
- assumées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is assume in French?
assume appears 11 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).