assimiler

assimiler [asimile]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = absorber) to assimilate

• un élève qui assimile bien a pupil who assimilates things easily

   b. ( = identifier) assimiler qn/qch à to compare sb/sth to ; ( = classer comme) to put sb/sth into the same category as

2. reflexive verb

► s'assimiler [aliments, personnes] to assimilate

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asimile
1.

verbe transitif

1) (considérer équivalent)

assimiler leur silence à un refus — to consider their silence tantamount to a refusal

assimiler les travailleurs à des machines — to treat workers as machines

2) Droit

assimiler une prime à un salaire — to consider a bonus equivalent to a salary

être assimilé cadre — to have executive status

3) (absorber)to assimilate [population, leçon, substance]; to learn [métier]

2.

s'assimiler verbe pronominal

1) [style, méthode] to be comparable (à to)

2) [population] to become assimilated; [substances] to be assimilated

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asimile vt

1) [substance, connaissances, immigrants] to assimilate

2) (= comparer)

assimiler qch/qn à — to liken sth/sb to

3) ADMINISTRATION

assimiler qn à — to class sb as

Ils sont assimilés aux infirmières. — They are classed as nurses.

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assimiler verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 (considérer équivalent) assimiler l'embargo à une déclaration de guerre/leur silence à un refus to consider the embargo tantamount to a declaration of war/their silence tantamount to a refusal; assimiler les travailleurs à des machines to treat workers as machines; assimiler le livre aux périodiques to make no distinction between books and periodicals;

2 Jur (considérer équivalent juridiquement) assimiler une prime à un salaire to consider a bonus equivalent to a salary; être assimilé cadre to have executive status;

3 (comparer) assimiler qch/qn à to liken sth/sb to; nous ne voulons pas être assimilés à des délinquants we don't want to be likened to delinquents;

4 (intégrer) to assimilate [minorité, communauté];

5 (apprendre) to assimilate [leçon, langue]; to learn [métier]; to adopt [réflexe, geste];

6 Physiol to assimilate [aliment, substance].

B s'assimiler vpr

1 (être comparable) [style, méthode] to be comparable (à to);

2 (se comparer) [personne] to compare oneself (à to);

3 (s'intégrer) [communauté, minorité] to become assimilated;

4 Physiol [aliments, substances] to be assimilated.

[asimile] verbe transitif

1. PHYSIOLOGIE to assimilate, to absorb, to metabolize

[digérer] to digest

2. [comprendre] to assimilate, to take in (separable)

j'ai du mal à assimiler les logarithmes I have trouble mastering logarithms

c'est du freudisme mal assimilé it's ill-digested Freudianism

3. [intégrer] to assimilate, to integrate

4. PHONÉTIQUE to assimilate

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assimiler à verbe plus préposition

to compare to

être assimilé à un cadre supérieur to be given equivalent status to an executive

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s'assimiler verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

PHYSIOLOGIE to become absorbed ou metabolized

[être digéré] to be assimilated ou digested

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s'assimiler à verbe pronominal plus préposition

to compare oneself to ou with