different between servant vs assistant

English

Alternative forms

• servaunt, servand (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??v?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?v?nt/, [?s?vn??]
• Rhymes: -??(?)v?nt

Noun

servant (plural servants)

1. One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
2. One who serves another, providing help in some manner.

3. (religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.
4. (dated) A professed lover.
5. A person of low condition or spirit.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

servant (third-person singular simple present servants, present participle servanting, simple past and past participle servanted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To subject.

Anagrams

• starven, taverns, versant

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French servant, a substantivized present participle of servir. Cf. also Latin serviens, and French sergent.

Pronunciation

Verb

servant

1. present participle of servir

Noun

servant m (plural servants, feminine servante)

1. servant

Derived terms

• chevalier servant

Related terms

• serveur, serveuse

Further reading

• “servant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• versant

Latin

Verb

servant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of serv?

Middle English

Etymology

Old French servant, originally the present participle of servir

Noun

servant (plural servants)

1. servant

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

servant m (definite singular servanten, indefinite plural servanter, definite plural servantene)

1. a washbasin
2. a sink

Synonyms

• vask
• vaskeservant

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

servant m (definite singular servanten, indefinite plural servantar, definite plural servantane)

1. a washbasin
2. a sink

Synonyms

• vaskeservant

Old French

Verb

servant

1. present participle of servir

Adjective

servant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular servant or servante)

1. that serves; that fulfils a role

Noun

servant m (oblique plural servanz or servantz, nominative singular servanz or servantz, nominative plural servant)

1. servant (one who serves)

Descendants

• ? English: servant
• French: servant

English

Alternative forms

• assistaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French assistant, from assister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?st?nt/

Adjective

assistant (not comparable) (attributive)

1. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.

   an assistant surgeon

2. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
   • 1790, James Beattie, Elements of Moral Science

     Genius and learning […] are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.

   • The person principally assistant on this occasion, indeed the only one who did any service, or seemed likely to do any, was the landlady […]

Translations

Noun

assistant (plural assistants)

1. (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
2. A person who assists or helps someone else.
3. (Britain) Sales assistant.
4. A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.

   Synonym: wizard

Translations

Related terms

• assist
• assistance

References

Anagrams

• Satanists, satanists, stanitsas

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sis.t??/

Verb

assistant

1. present participle of assister

Noun

assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante)

1. assistant

Derived terms

• assistant numérique personnel

Further reading

• “assistant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

assistant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of assist?

Middle French

Verb

assistant (feminine singular assistante, masculine plural assistans, feminine plural assistantes)

1. present participle of assister
2. (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of assister

Noun

assistant m (plural assistans)

1. assistant (person who is present)

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English assistant.

Noun

assistant m (plural assistants, feminine assistante)

1. (Jersey) assistant