French Conversation · Level 45
75 words
French word
assimiler
Pronunciation
IPA/asimile/
Meaning
- verblearn
Example
Il faut du temps pour assimiler une nouvelle langue.
It takes time to learn a new language.
More examples
Il met du temps à assimiler un nouveau vocabulaire.
It takes him time to learn new vocabulary.
Core concept
A language or technique settles into the mind until it can be understood and used smoothly without deliberate effort.
Common phrases
assimiler une langue
learn a language
assimiler un vocabulaire
learn vocabulary
assimiler des informations
absorb information
Similar words
apprendre: To learn something new through teaching or experience.
comprendre: To understand meaning or how something works.
maîtriser: To develop enough skill or knowledge to use something at a high level.
retenir: To remember something so it stays in the mind.
Definition in French
Incorporer une information ou une compétence au point qu'elle devient familière et utilisable sans effort.
Word origin
French assimiler developed from Old French forms based on Latin assimilare, whose sense was 'to make similar' from ad- and similis.
Usage tips
- The direct object follows assimiler without a preposition in this learning sense: assimiler une nouvelle langue, not assimiler à une nouvelle langue.
Other meanings
- understandverb
- absorbverb
Opposites
- oublierforgetverb
Related words
- assimilationassimilationnoun
- assimilableabsorbableadjective