assis

See also: Assis

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin assessus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.si/

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Adjective

assis (feminine assise, masculine plural assis, feminine plural assises)

1. sat, sat down, seated

Derived terms

• être assis entre deux chaises

Participle

assis (feminine assise, masculine plural assis, feminine plural assises)

1. past participle of asseoir

Verb

assis

1. first/second-person plural past historic of asseoir

Participle

assis m pl

1. masculine plural of assi

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈas.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈas.sis]

Etymology 1

Noun

assis m (genitive assis); third declension

1. alternative form of axis (“axle”)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	assis	assēs
genitive	assis	assium
dative	assī	assibus
accusative	assem	assēs assīs
ablative	asse	assibus
vocative	assis	assēs

Derived terms

• assula (“splinter, shingle”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

assis

1. genitive singular of as

References

• “assis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "assis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “assis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Noun

assis

1. alternative form of assise