French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French mener, from Latin mināre, collateral form of minārī.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mə.ne/
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Verb

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mener

  1. (transitive) to lead, to take
    Le bus va nous mener au château.
    The bus will lead us to the castle.
  2. to lead, to run, to take charge
    Louis va mener ce cours.
    Louis will lead this lesson.
  3. to lead, to be leading, to be in the lead
    L’équipe bleue mène 2 à 0.
    The blue team is leading 2–0.

Conjugation

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This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il mène and the third-person singular future indicative il mènera.

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Further reading

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Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin mināre, collateral form of minārī.

Verb

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mener

  1. to take or lead (someone somewhere)

Conjugation

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  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Norman

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Verb

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mener

  1. Alternative form of m'ner

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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mener

  1. present tense of mene

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin mināre, collateral form of minārī.

Verb

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mener

  1. (transitive) to lead (encourage something or someone to go somewhere)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. It has two stems, a unstressed one in -men- that appears in most forms and a stressed one in -mein- (also -main-) that appears in parts of the present indicative, subjunctive and imperative. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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Descendants

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  • French: mener
  • Norman: m'ner (Jersey)