assimiler

French

Etymology

From Old French assimiler, borrowed from Latin assimilāre. See also assembler, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.si.mi.le/

• Audio:

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Verb

assimiler

1. to assimilate (all meanings), to absorb
2. to liken
3. to lump together (e.g., one group with another)
4. to digest (of food)

Conjugation

Conjugation of assimiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	assimiler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	assimilant /a.si.mi.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		assimilé /a.si.mi.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	assimile /a.si.mil/	assimiles /a.si.mil/	assimile /a.si.mil/	assimilons /a.si.mi.lɔ̃/	assimilez /a.si.mi.le/	assimilent /a.si.mil/
	imperfect	assimilais /a.si.mi.lɛ/	assimilais /a.si.mi.lɛ/	assimilait /a.si.mi.lɛ/	assimilions /a.si.mi.ljɔ̃/	assimiliez /a.si.mi.lje/	assimilaient /a.si.mi.lɛ/
	past historic2	assimilai /a.si.mi.le/	assimilas /a.si.mi.la/	assimila /a.si.mi.la/	assimilâmes /a.si.mi.lam/	assimilâtes /a.si.mi.lat/	assimilèrent /a.si.mi.lɛʁ/
	future	assimilerai /a.si.mil.ʁe/	assimileras /a.si.mil.ʁa/	assimilera /a.si.mil.ʁa/	assimilerons /a.si.mil.ʁɔ̃/	assimilerez /a.si.mil.ʁe/	assimileront /a.si.mil.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	assimilerais /a.si.mil.ʁɛ/	assimilerais /a.si.mil.ʁɛ/	assimilerait /a.si.mil.ʁɛ/	assimilerions /a.si.mi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	assimileriez /a.si.mi.lə.ʁje/	assimileraient /a.si.mil.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	assimile /a.si.mil/	assimiles /a.si.mil/	assimile /a.si.mil/	assimilions /a.si.mi.ljɔ̃/	assimiliez /a.si.mi.lje/	assimilent /a.si.mil/
	imperfect2	assimilasse /a.si.mi.las/	assimilasses /a.si.mi.las/	assimilât /a.si.mi.la/	assimilassions /a.si.mi.la.sjɔ̃/	assimilassiez /a.si.mi.la.sje/	assimilassent /a.si.mi.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	assimile /a.si.mil/	—	assimilons /a.si.mi.lɔ̃/	assimilez /a.si.mi.le/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

assimiler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of assimilō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

assimiler

1. imperative of assimilere

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assimilō, assimilāre.

Verb

assimiler

1. to assimilate (to take into the body)
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 184 of this essay:

     quant la action de assimiler nourrissement en chair est corrumpue

     when the action of assimilating nourishment into the flesh is corrupted

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ils, *-ilt are modified to is, it. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of assimiler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		assimiler			avoir assimilé
gerund		en assimilant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		assimilant
past participle		assimilé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	assimil	assimiles	assimile	assimilons	assimilez	assimilent
	imperfect	assimiloie, assimileie, assimiloe, assimileve	assimiloies, assimileies, assimiloes, assimileves	assimiloit, assimileit, assimilot, assimileve	assimiliiens, assimiliens	assimiliiez, assimiliez	assimiloient, assimileient, assimiloent, assimilevent
	preterite	assimilai	assimilas	assimila	assimilames	assimilastes	assimilerent
	future	assimilerai	assimileras	assimilera	assimilerons	assimileroiz, assimilereiz, assimilerez	assimileront
	conditional	assimileroie, assimilereie	assimileroies, assimilereies	assimileroit, assimilereit	assimileriiens, assimileriens	assimileriiez, assimileriez	assimileroient, assimilereient
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	assimil	assimis	assimit	assimilons	assimilez	assimilent
	imperfect	assimilasse	assimilasses	assimilast	assimilissons, assimilissiens	assimilissoiz, assimilissez, assimilissiez	assimilassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	assimile	—	assimilons	assimilez	—

Descendants

• French: assimiler