amener

Inherited from Old French amener, from a- + mener (“to lead”), ultimately from Latin minārī (“to threaten”) (infinitive minārī).

• IPA^(key): /a.m(ə).ne/

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amener

1. to bring (a person), take, fetch, give a lift, give a ride

   Je peux t’amener chez toi? ― Can I give you a lift home?

   Elle m’a amené en voiture à la gare. ― She gave me a lift to the station.

2. to reel in (a fish)
3. to lead

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il amène and the third-person singular future indicative il amènera.

• amenage
• mener
• ramener
• emmener
• emporter
• apporter

• “amener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• émaner
• mènera
• ramené, ramène

• amen

amener n

1. indefinite plural of amen

amener

1. to bring
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     On li amaine .i. bon courant destrier

     They brought him a good, fast warhorse

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. It has two stems, a unstressed one in -men- that appears in most forms and a stressed one in -mein- (also -main-) that appears in parts of the present indicative, subjunctive and imperative. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• aporter

• French: amener
• Norman: emm'ner