amender
French, verb/a.mɑ̃.de/
amender is spelled A-M-E-N-D-E-R (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,485th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amender is a French verb meaning “to amend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corriger, améliorer, rendre meilleur”.
What does amender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to amend
- 2
to improve (e.g. land, conduct)
- 3
to mend (one's ways), reform
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Corriger, améliorer, rendre meilleur. 2. Améliorer la valeur agronomique d'un sol par des apports de calcaire, de chaux, ou de fumier, de matières humiques. 3. Corriger un projet de loi ou une proposition de loi, lors des débats parlementaires, en vue de l’améliorer. 4. Se corriger.
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 amender
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- amendant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- amendé participle past
- amende first-person indicative present
- amendes indicative present second-person
- amendons first-person indicative plural
- amendez indicative plural present
- amendent indicative plural present
- amendais first-person imperfect indicative
- amendait imperfect indicative singular
- amendions first-person imperfect indicative
- amendiez imperfect indicative plural
- amendaient imperfect indicative plural
- amendai first-person historic indicative
- amendas historic indicative past
- amenda historic indicative past
- amendâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amender?
- /a.mɑ̃.de/
- \a.mɑ̃.de\
- [a.mɑ̃.de]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amender in French?
amender appears 1.2 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).