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s'asseoir
asseoir
French
Alternative forms
Verb
asseoir
- (transitive) to sit down; to get seated
- Assois les enfants sur des chaises !
- Sit the children down on chairs!
- Assois les enfants sur des chaises !
- to assert
- asseoir sa domination
- to assert one's domination
- asseoir sa domination
- (reflexive) to sit down; to take a seat
Conjugation
The verb asseoir (and its derivative rasseoir) has 2 distinct conjugations.
Conjugation of asseoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | asseoir | avoir assis | |||||
| gerund | en assoyant or asseyant | en ayant assis | |||||
| present participle | assoyant or asseyant /a.swa.jɑ̃/ or /a.sɛ.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | assis /a.si/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
assoyez or asseyez /a.swa.je/ or /a.sɛ.je/ |
assoient or asseyent /a.swa/ or /a.sɛj/ |
| imperfect | assoyais or asseyais /a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.jɛ/ |
assoyais or asseyais /a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.jɛ/ |
assoyait or asseyait /a.swa.jɛ/ or /a.sɛ.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/ |
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| past historic1 | assis /a.si/ |
assis /a.si/ |
assit /a.si/ |
assîmes /a.sim/ |
assîtes /a.sit/ |
assirent /a.siʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| 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/ |
| imperfect1 |
assisse /a.sis/ |
assisses /a.sis/ |
assît /a.si/ |
assissions /a.si.sjɔ̃/ |
assissiez /a.si.sje/ |
assissent /a.sis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | assois or assieds /a.swa/ or /a.sje/ |
— | assoyons or asseyons /a.swa.jɔ̃/ or /a.sɛ.jɔ̃/ |
assoyez or asseyez /a.swa.je/ or /a.sɛ.je/ |
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Related terms
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French asseoir.
Verb
asseoir
- (sometimes reflexive, s'asseoir/se asseoir) to sit down (take a seat)
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
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Lors qu'il feust deschainé, l'on le fist asseoir
- When he was unchained, they made him sit down
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Lors qu'il feust deschainé, l'on le fist asseoir
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- (transitive) to sit (make someone sit down)
- (transitive) to place (an object)
Descendants
- French: asseoir
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *assedēre, reformed from Latin assidēre, present active infinitive of assideō, on the basis of sedeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.səˈojr/
Verb
asseoir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem assié 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 | ||||||
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| infinitive | asseoir | avoir assis | |||||
| gerund | en asseant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | assiéent |
| 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | assiée, assië | assiées, assiës | assiée, assië | asseons, asseiiens, asseions | asseez, asseiiez | assiéent, assiënt |
| imperfect | asseṣisse | asseṣisses | asseṣist | asseṣissons, asseṣissiens | asseṣissoiz, asseṣissez, asseṣissiez | asseṣissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | assié | — | asseons | asseez | — | ||