amener
French, verb/am.ne/
amener is spelled A-M-E-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,526th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amener is a French verb meaning “to bring (a person), take, fetch, give a lift, give a ride” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mener d’un lieu à un autre”.
What does amener mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring (a person), take, fetch, give a lift, give a ride
Je peux t'amener chez toi?
- 2
to reel in (a fish)
- 3
to lead
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mener d’un lieu à un autre. 2. Conduire, transporter vers un autre endroit. 3. Parvenir à faire adopter une opinion à quelqu’un. 4. Tirer à soi.
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 amener
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- amenant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- amené participle past
- amène first-person indicative present
- amènes indicative present second-person
- amenons first-person indicative plural
- amenez indicative plural present
- amènent indicative plural present
- amenais first-person imperfect indicative
- amenait imperfect indicative singular
- amenions first-person imperfect indicative
- ameniez imperfect indicative plural
- amenaient imperfect indicative plural
- amenai first-person historic indicative
- amenas historic indicative past
- amena historic indicative past
- amenâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amener?
- /am.ne/
- /a.mə.ne/
- \a.mə.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amener
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amener in French?
amener 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).