promener
French
Etymology
From an alteration of Middle French pourmener, Old French pourmener, pormener (based on numerous verbs beginning with the prefix pro-), itself from pour- and mener; alternatively and less likely corresponds to a Vulgar Latin *prominare (“to drive forward”), from prō (“forward”) + mino (“I drive”).
Pronunciation
Verb
promener
- (reflexive) to walk (leisurely), to go for a walk, to stroll
- 1869, Charles Beaudelaire, "Perte d'auréole", Petits Poëmes en prose:
- Je puis maintenant me promener incognito, faire des actions basses, et me livrer à la crapule, comme les simples mortels
- Now I can stroll about incognito, do mean things, launch into debauches, like ordinary mortals. (transl. Keith Waldrop, 2009)
- Je puis maintenant me promener incognito, faire des actions basses, et me livrer à la crapule, comme les simples mortels
- 1962, Françoise Hardy
- Tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge se promènent dans la rue deux par deux.
- All the boys and girls of my age walk down the street in pairs.
- Tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge se promènent dans la rue deux par deux.
- 1869, Charles Beaudelaire, "Perte d'auréole", Petits Poëmes en prose:
- (transitive) to walk out (an animal)
- (transitive) to carry around, often with the implication of showing off
Conjugation
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See also
Further reading
- “promener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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