asseoir
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French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French asseoir, from Old French asseoir, from Vulgar Latin *assedēre, reformed from Latin assidēre, on the basis of sedeō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
asseoir
- (transitive) to sit (someone) down, to seat, make sit
- Assieds les enfants sur des chaises !
- Sit the children down on chairs!
- (reflexive) to sit down, sit up, take a seat
- Asseyez-vous ! ― Sit down!
- (transitive) to assert
- asseoir sa domination ― to assert one's dominance
Conjugation edit
The verb asseoir (and its derivative rasseoir) has 2 distinct conjugations.
Conjugation of asseoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | asseoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | assoyant or asseyant /a.swa.jɑ̃/ or /a.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /a.se.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | assis /a.si/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | assois or assieds /a.swa/ or /a.sje/ |
assois or assieds /a.swa/ or /a.sje/ |
assoit or assied /a.swa/ or /a.sje/ |
assoyons or asseyons /a.swa.jɔ̃/ or /a.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /a.se.jɔ̃/ |
assoyez or asseyez /a.swa.je/ or /a.sɛ.je/ or /a.se.je/ |
assoient or asseyent /a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/ |
| imperfect | assoyais or asseyais /a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.jɛ/ or /a.se.jɛ/ |
assoyais or asseyais /a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.jɛ/ or /a.se.jɛ/ |
assoyait or asseyait /a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.jɛ/ or /a.se.jɛ/ |
assoyions or asseyions /a.swaj.jɔ̃/ or /a.sɛj.jɔ̃/ |
assoyiez or asseyiez /a.swaj.je/ or /a.sɛj.je/ |
assoyaient or asseyaient /a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.jɛ/ or /a.se.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | assis /a.si/ |
assis /a.si/ |
assit /a.si/ |
assîmes /a.sim/ |
assîtes /a.sit/ |
assirent /a.siʁ/ | |
| future | assoirai or assiérai /a.swa.ʁe/ or /a.sje.ʁe/ |
assoiras or assiéras /a.swa.ʁa/ or /a.sje.ʁa/ |
assoira or assiéra /a.swa.ʁa/ or /a.sje.ʁa/ |
assoirons or assiérons /a.swa.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.sje.ʁɔ̃/ |
assoirez or assiérez /a.swa.ʁe/ or /a.sje.ʁe/ |
assoiront or assiéront /a.swa.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.sje.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | assoirais or assiérais /a.swa.ʁɛ/ or /a.sje.ʁɛ/ |
assoirais or assiérais /a.swa.ʁɛ/ or /a.sje.ʁɛ/ |
assoirait or assiérait /a.swa.ʁɛ/ or /a.sje.ʁɛ/ |
assoirions or assiérions /a.swa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.sje.ʁjɔ̃/ |
assoiriez or assiériez /a.swa.ʁje/ or /a.sje.ʁje/ |
assoiraient or assiéraient /a.swa.ʁɛ/ or /a.sje.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | assoie or asseye /a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/ |
assoies or asseyes /a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/ |
assoie or asseye /a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/ |
assoyions or asseyions /a.swaj.jɔ̃/ or /a.sɛj.jɔ̃/ |
assoyiez or asseyiez /a.swaj.je/ or /a.sɛj.je/ |
assoient or asseyent /a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/ |
| imperfect2 | assisse /a.sis/ |
assisses /a.sis/ |
assît /a.si/ |
assissions /a.si.sjɔ̃/ |
assissiez /a.si.sje/ |
assissent /a.sis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | assois or assieds /a.swa/ or /a.sje/ |
— | assoyons or asseyons /a.swa.jɔ̃/ or /a.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /a.se.jɔ̃/ |
assoyez or asseyez /a.swa.je/ or /a.sɛ.je/ or /a.se.je/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
The verb asseoir (and its derivative rasseoir) has 2 distinct conjugations.
Conjugation of s'asseoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'asseoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’assoyant or s’asseyant /sa.swa.jɑ̃/ or /sa.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /sa.se.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | assis /a.si/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’assois or m’assieds /ma.swa/ or /ma.sje/ |
t’assois or t’assieds /ta.swa/ or /ta.sje/ |
s’assoit or s’assied /sa.swa/ or /sa.sje/ |
nous assoyons or nous asseyons /nu.z‿a.swa.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.se.jɔ̃/ |
vous assoyez or vous asseyez /vu.z‿a.swa.je/ or /vu.z‿a.sɛ.je/ or /vu.z‿a.se.je/ |
s’assoient or s’asseyent /sa.swa/ or /sa.sɛj/ |
| imperfect | m’assoyais or m’asseyais /ma.swa.jɛ/ or /ma.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ma.se.jɛ/ |
t’assoyais or t’asseyais /ta.swa.jɛ/ or /ta.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ta.se.jɛ/ |
s’assoyait or s’asseyait /sa.swa.jɛ/ or /sa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /sa.se.jɛ/ |
nous assoyions or nous asseyions /nu.z‿a.swaj.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.sɛj.jɔ̃/ |
vous assoyiez or vous asseyiez /vu.z‿a.swaj.je/ or /vu.z‿a.sɛj.je/ |
s’assoyaient or s’asseyaient /sa.swa.jɛ/ or /sa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /sa.se.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’assis /ma.si/ |
t’assis /ta.si/ |
s’assit /sa.si/ |
nous assîmes /nu.z‿a.sim/ |
vous assîtes /vu.z‿a.sit/ |
s’assirent /sa.siʁ/ | |
| future | m’assoirai or m’assiérai /ma.swa.ʁe/ or /ma.sje.ʁe/ |
t’assoiras or t’assiéras /ta.swa.ʁa/ or /ta.sje.ʁa/ |
s’assoira or s’assiéra /sa.swa.ʁa/ or /sa.sje.ʁa/ |
nous assoirons or nous assiérons /nu.z‿a.swa.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.sje.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous assoirez or vous assiérez /vu.z‿a.swa.ʁe/ or /vu.z‿a.sje.ʁe/ |
s’assoiront or s’assiéront /sa.swa.ʁɔ̃/ or /sa.sje.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’assoirais or m’assiérais /ma.swa.ʁɛ/ or /ma.sje.ʁɛ/ |
t’assoirais or t’assiérais /ta.swa.ʁɛ/ or /ta.sje.ʁɛ/ |
s’assoirait or s’assiérait /sa.swa.ʁɛ/ or /sa.sje.ʁɛ/ |
nous assoirions or nous assiérions /nu.z‿a.swa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.sje.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous assoiriez or vous assiériez /vu.z‿a.swa.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿a.sje.ʁje/ |
s’assoiraient or s’assiéraient /sa.swa.ʁɛ/ or /sa.sje.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’assoie or m’asseye /ma.swa/ or /ma.sɛj/ |
t’assoies or t’asseyes /ta.swa/ or /ta.sɛj/ |
s’assoie or s’asseye /sa.swa/ or /sa.sɛj/ |
nous assoyions or nous asseyions /nu.z‿a.swaj.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.sɛj.jɔ̃/ |
vous assoyiez or vous asseyiez /vu.z‿a.swaj.je/ or /vu.z‿a.sɛj.je/ |
s’assoient or s’asseyent /sa.swa/ or /sa.sɛj/ |
| imperfect2 | m’assisse /ma.sis/ |
t’assisses /ta.sis/ |
s’assît /sa.si/ |
nous assissions /nu.z‿a.si.sjɔ̃/ |
vous assissiez /vu.z‿a.si.sje/ |
s’assissent /sa.sis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | assois-toi or assieds-toi /a.swa.twa/ or /a.sje.twa/ |
— | assoyons-nous or asseyons-nous /a.swa.jɔ̃.nu/ or /a.sɛ.jɔ̃.nu/ or /a.se.jɔ̃.nu/ |
assoyez-vous or asseyez-vous /a.swa.je.vu/ or /a.sɛ.je.vu/ or /a.se.je.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “asseoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French asseoir.
Verb edit
asseoir
- (sometimes reflexive, s'asseoir/se asseoir) to sit down (take a seat)
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
- Lors qu'il feust deschainé, l'on le fist asseoir
- When he was unchained, they made him sit down
- (transitive) to sit (make someone sit down)
- (transitive) to place (an object)
Descendants edit
- French: asseoir
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *assedēre, reformed from Latin assidēre, present active infinitive of assideō, on the basis of sedeō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
asseoir
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem assie distinct from the unstressed stem asse, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of asseoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | asseoir | avoir assis | |||||
| gerund | en asseant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | asseant | ||||||
| past participle | assis | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | assié | assiez | assiet | asseons | asseez | assieent |
| imperfect | asseoie, asseeie | asseoies, asseeies | asseoit, asseeit | asseïiens, asseïens | asseïiez, asseïez | asseoient, asseeient | |
| preterite | assis | asseṣis | assist | asseṣimes | asseṣistes | assisdrent | |
| future | asserrai | asserras | asserra | asserrons | asserroiz, asserreiz, asserrez | asserront | |
| conditional | asserroie, asserreie | asserroies, asserreies | asserroit, asserreit | asserriiens, asserriens | asserriiez, asserriez | asserroient, asserreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | assiee, assië | assiees, assiës | assiee, assië | asseons, asseiiens, asseions | asseez, asseiiez | assieent, assiënt |
| imperfect | asseṣisse | asseṣisses | asseṣist | asseṣissons, asseṣissiens | asseṣissoiz, asseṣissez, asseṣissiez | asseṣissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | assie | — | asseons | asseez | — | ||