promener
French, verb/pʁɔm.ne/
promener is a French verb meaning “to walk (leisurely), to go for a walk, to stroll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mener, conduire, faire aller quelqu’un de côté ou d’autre, soit pour l’amuser, soit pour qu’il prenne de…”.
What does promener mean in English?
verb
- 1
to walk (leisurely), to go for a walk, to stroll
- 2
to walk out (an animal)
- 3
to carry around, often with the implication of showing off
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mener, conduire, faire aller quelqu’un de côté ou d’autre, soit pour l’amuser, soit pour qu’il prenne de l’exercice. 2. Faire une promenade. 3. Se promener, faire une promenade. 4. Faire aller ; porter de côté et d’autre.
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 promener
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- promenant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- promené participle past
- promène first-person indicative present
- promènes indicative present second-person
- promenons first-person indicative plural
- promenez indicative plural present
- promènent indicative plural present
- promenais first-person imperfect indicative
- promenait imperfect indicative singular
- promenions first-person imperfect indicative
- promeniez imperfect indicative plural
- promenaient imperfect indicative plural
- promenai first-person historic indicative
- promenas historic indicative past
- promena historic indicative past
- promenâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce promener?
- /pʁɔm.ne/
- \pʁɔ.mə.ne\
- [pʁɔm.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 promener
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is promener in French?
promener appears 8.3 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).