amender
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
amender (plural amenders)
- One who amends.
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French amender, from Latin ēmendāre, present active infinitive of ēmendō (“I free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
amender
- (transitive) to amend
- (transitive) to improve (e.g. land, conduct)
- (transitive, figuratively) to mend (one's ways), reform
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | simple | amender | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | amendant /a.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | amendé /a.mɑ̃.de/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | amende /a.mɑ̃d/ |
amendes /a.mɑ̃d/ |
amende /a.mɑ̃d/ |
amendons /a.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
amendez /a.mɑ̃.de/ |
amendent /a.mɑ̃d/ |
imperfect | amendais /a.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
amendais /a.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
amendait /a.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
amendions /a.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
amendiez /a.mɑ̃.dje/ |
amendaient /a.mɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | amendai /a.mɑ̃.de/ |
amendas /a.mɑ̃.da/ |
amenda /a.mɑ̃.da/ |
amendâmes /a.mɑ̃.dam/ |
amendâtes /a.mɑ̃.dat/ |
amendèrent /a.mɑ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
future | amenderai /a.mɑ̃.dʁe/ |
amenderas /a.mɑ̃.dʁa/ |
amendera /a.mɑ̃.dʁa/ |
amenderons /a.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
amenderez /a.mɑ̃.dʁe/ |
amenderont /a.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | amenderais /a.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
amenderais /a.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
amenderait /a.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
amenderions /a.mɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amenderiez /a.mɑ̃.də.ʁje/ |
amenderaient /a.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | amende /a.mɑ̃d/ |
amendes /a.mɑ̃d/ |
amende /a.mɑ̃d/ |
amendions /a.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
amendiez /a.mɑ̃.dje/ |
amendent /a.mɑ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | amendasse /a.mɑ̃.das/ |
amendasses /a.mɑ̃.das/ |
amendât /a.mɑ̃.da/ |
amendassions /a.mɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ |
amendassiez /a.mɑ̃.da.sje/ |
amendassent /a.mɑ̃.das/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | amende /a.mɑ̃d/ |
— | amendons /a.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
amendez /a.mɑ̃.de/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “amender” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old French amender < Latin ēmendō.
Verb[edit]
amender
Descendants[edit]
- French: amender
References[edit]
- amender on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō, ēmendāre (“free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb[edit]
amender
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin ēmendāre, present active infinitive of ēmendō (“I free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure”). The prefixes a- and es- are often used interchangeably in Old French.
Verb[edit]
amender
Conjugation[edit]
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | amender | avoir amendé | |||||
gerund | en amendant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | amendant | ||||||
past participle | amendé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | ament | amendes | amende | amendons | amendez | amendent |
imperfect | amendoie, amendeie, amendoe, amendeve | amendoies, amendeies, amendoes, amendeves | amendoit, amendeit, amendot, amendeve | amendiiens, amendiens | amendiiez, amendiez | amendoient, amendeient, amendoent, amendevent | |
preterite | amendai | amendas | amenda | amendames | amendastes | amenderent | |
future | amenderai | amenderas | amendera | amenderons | amenderoiz, amendereiz, amenderez | amenderont | |
conditional | amenderoie, amendereie | amenderoies, amendereies | amenderoit, amendereit | amenderiiens, amenderiens | amenderiiez, amenderiez | amenderoient, amendereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | ament | amenz | ament | amendons | amendez | amendent |
imperfect | amendasse | amendasses | amendast | amendissons, amendissiens | amendissoiz, amendissez, amendissiez | amendassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | amende | — | amendons | amendez | — |
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