amender

English

Etymology

amend +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

amender (plural amenders)

1. One who amends.

Translations

one who amends

• Portuguese: emendador m

• Scottish Gaelic: leasachair m

Anagrams

• Merenda, enarmed, meander, reamend, reedman, renamed

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French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /a.mɑ̃.de/

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Verb

amender

1. (transitive) to amend
2. (transitive) to improve (e.g. land, conduct)
3. (transitive, figuratively) to mend (one's ways), reform

Conjugation

  Conjugation of amender (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		amender			avoir amendé
gerund		en amendant			en ayant amendé
present participle		amendant /a.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/
past participle		amendé /a.mɑ̃.de/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
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 historic1	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	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	amende /a.mɑ̃d/	amendes /a.mɑ̃d/	amende /a.mɑ̃d/	amendions /a.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/	amendiez /a.mɑ̃.dje/	amendent /a.mɑ̃d/
	imperfect1	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	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	amende /a.mɑ̃d/	—	amendons /a.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/	amendez /a.mɑ̃.de/	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

Derived terms

• amendable
• amende

• amendement
• s'amender

Further reading

• “amender” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• méandre, méandré

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French amender < Latin ēmendō.

Verb

amender

1. to improve
2. to fine (impose a financial penalty upon)

Descendants

• French: amender

References

• amender on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

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Norman

Etymology

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

• Audio (Jersey)

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Verb

amender

1. (Jersey) to improve

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Old French

Etymology

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

amender

1. to correct; to set right
2. to fix; to repair
3. (of an illness, etc.) to cure

Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of amender (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
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	—