assistant

== 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) Having a subordinate or auxiliary position. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === assistant (plural assistants) (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness. A person who assists or helps someone else. (UK) Sales assistant. A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program. Synonym: wizard ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === Related terms === === References === === Anagrams === Satanists, satanists, stanitsas == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.sis.tɑ̃/ === Participle === assistant present participle of assister === Noun === assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante) 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 third-person plural present active subjunctive of assistō == Middle French == === Verb === assistant (feminine singular assistante, masculine plural assistans, feminine plural assistantes) present participle of assister (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of assister === Noun === assistant m (plural assistans) assistant (person who is present) == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from English assistant. === Noun === assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante) (Jersey) assistant