amende
French, noun
amende is spelled A-M-E-N-D-E (6 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,526th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amende is a French feminine noun meaning “fine (payment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of amender. With an accent, amendé is a different word: “past participle of amender”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Peine pécuniaire imposée par la justice”.
What does amende mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefine (payment)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of amender
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Peine pécuniaire imposée par la justice. 2. C’est la coutume de Lorris, les battus paient l’amende ou, simplement et plus ordinairement, Les battus paient l’amende : se dit en parlant de quelqu’un qui est condamné, tandis qu’il devrait être dédommagé.
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 amende
- amendes plural
- amendée feminine
- amendés masculine plural
- amendées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to amende
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amende in French?
amende appears 22 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).