amenable

English

Etymology

From French as if *amenable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”), from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin minare (“to drive”), Latin deponent minari (“to threaten, menace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈmiːnəbl/, X-SAMPA: /@'mi:n@b.l/, /@'men@b.l/

Adjective

amenable (comparative more amenable, superlative most amenable)

1. Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
2. Willing to comply with; agreeable.

Antonyms

• unamenable

Translations

Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions

• Bulgarian: податлив (bg) (podatliv), поддаващ се (bg) (poddavašt se), послушен (bg) (poslušen)
• Finnish: vastaanottavainen (fi)
• German: ansprechbar (de), fügsam (de), gefügig (de), zugängig (de), zugänglich (de)

• Russian: сговорчивый (ru) (sgovorčivyj)
• Spanish: receptivo (es), susceptible (es)
• Turkish: bağlı (tr), cevap verebilir (tr), tabi olan (tr), yumuşak başlı (tr)

Willing to comply with; agreeable

• Bulgarian: отзивчив (bg) (otzivčiv), сговорчив (bg) (sgovorčiv)
• Finnish: myöntyväinen (fi)
• Greek: πρόθυμος (el) (próthymos), σύμφωνος (el) (sýmfonos)

• Maori: ngawhere (mi)
• Russian: послушный (ru) (poslušnyj)
• Spanish: agradable (es) (arcaic)

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• Finnish: vastaanottavainen

External links

• amenable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• amenable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• amenable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• beanmeal
• nameable