assistant

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English

Alternative forms

• assistaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English assistent, from Middle French assistant, from assister. By surface analysis, assist +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɪstənt/
• Hyphenation: as‧sis‧tant

Adjective

assistant (not comparable) (attributive)

1. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.

2. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

Translations

Noun

assistant (plural assistants)

1. (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
2. A person who assists or helps someone else.
3. (British) Sales assistant.
4. A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.

   Synonym: wizard

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Anagrams

• Satanists, satanists, stanitsas

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sis.tɑ̃/

Participle

assistant

1. present participle of assister

Noun

assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante)

1. assistant

Derived terms

• assistant numérique personnel

Descendants

• → Turkish: asistan

Further reading

• “assistant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

assistant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of assistō

Middle French

Verb

assistant (feminine singular assistante, masculine plural assistans, feminine plural assistantes)

1. present participle of assister
2. (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of assister

Noun

assistant m (plural assistans)

1. assistant (person who is present)

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English assistant.

Noun

assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante)

1. (Jersey) assistant