assister
French, verb/a.sis.te/
assister is a French verb meaning “to assist, to aid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être présent ; être témoin ; être spectateur”.
What does assister mean in English?
verb
- 1
to assist, to aid
- 2
to attend, to be present
Nous assistons au match.
- 3
to witness, to observe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être présent ; être témoin ; être spectateur. 2. Faire partie du tribunal qui prononce un jugement. 3. Secourir ; aider. 4. Accompagner pour quelque action.
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 assister
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- assistant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- assisté participle past
- assiste first-person indicative present
- assistes indicative present second-person
- assistons first-person indicative plural
- assistez indicative plural present
- assistent indicative plural present
- assistais first-person imperfect indicative
- assistait imperfect indicative singular
- assistions first-person imperfect indicative
- assistiez imperfect indicative plural
- assistaient imperfect indicative plural
- assistai first-person historic indicative
- assistas historic indicative past
- assista historic indicative past
- assistâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assister?
- /a.sis.te/
- [a.sis.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to assister
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is assister in French?
assister appears 19 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).