assistant

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle French assistant, from assister.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /əˈsɪstənt/[1]
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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assistant (not comparable) (attributive)

  1. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
    an assistant surgeon
  2. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

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Noun

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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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French

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Participle

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assistant

  1. present participle of assister

Noun

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assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante)

  1. assistant

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: asistan

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Latin

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Verb

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assistant

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of assistō

Middle French

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Verb

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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

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assistant m (plural assistans)

  1. assistant (person who is present)

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English assistant.

Noun

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assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante)

  1. (Jersey) assistant