amener French · revision 17290

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1100, Chanson de Roland|origins=la minor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /am.ne/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /a.mə.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''amener'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|a-|mener]], already in Old French [[m|fro|amener]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|6/2, 106b) The Grand Robert finds “amenar” in the 10th century.^(Grand Robert 2005) [[mener|alt=Mener]] is from [[la-vul|minō|t=to drive (animals) with shouts]], from [[m|la|minor|t=to threaten]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Cognate with [[pro|amenar]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is in the Laws of William and the ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100): Marsile has ten white mules brought, ''Diz blanches mules fist amener Marsiles''.^(Littré 1873)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From bringing a person or animal somewhere, it came to mean bringing a thing (''amener les eaux'') and, figuratively, leading someone to an opinion or an action (''amener quelqu'un à'').^(Littré 1873)^(GLLF 1989) With a thing as subject it means to cause: ''quel bon vent vous amène?''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) In law a ''mandat d'amener'' is an order to bring someone before a judge.^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873) The Petit Robert notes that, unlike [[emmener]], ''amener'' implies that the companion leaves the person on arrival.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 10th century – ''Amenar''.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * c. 1100 – ''Amener'' in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(Littré 1873)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1723 – Regional ''terre amenée'', well-tilled land.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|bring]] (a person or animal) to someone or somewhere: ''amener ses enfants à l'école''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(familiar)'' To bring along (a thing).^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

+ # To bring about, cause: ''la guerre amène la misère'', ''quel bon vent vous amène?''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Amener quelqu'un à'': to lead someone to (a view, an action).^(Littré 1873)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(fishing)'' To reel in (a fish); to haul in (a net).^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(law)'' ''Mandat d'amener'': a warrant to bring someone before a judge.^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[apporter]]

+ * [[emmener]]

+ * [[emporter]]

+ * [[mener]]

+ * [[ramener]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The nautical ''amener'' “to lower (sails, a flag)”, as in ''amener les couleurs'', is a separate word (1515), from Neapolitan ''ammainare'', from [[la-vul|*invāgīnō]], from [[la|vāgīna|t=sheath]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(REW 1935)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}