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amen

French, noun/a.mɛn/

amen is spelled A-M-E-N (4 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amen is a French masculine noun meaning “amen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dire « amen »”.

What does amen mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    amen

noun

  1. 1

    masculineamen

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Ainsi soit-il : ce mot clôt en général les prières. 2. Dire amen à tout, signifie que l’on consent à tout sans discuter.

noun: 1. Action de dire « amen ». 2. Signifie la fin d’un discours, d’une proposition, d’un récit.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of amen

  • amens plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce amen?

  • /a.mɛn/
  • \a.mɛn\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to amen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is amen in French?

amen appears 4.1 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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