different between amende vs amender

English

Alternative forms

• amand (Scotland)

Etymology

Borrowed from French amende.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?nd/, /??m??nd/

Noun

amende (plural amendes)

1. A monetary punishment; a fine.

Related terms

• amende honorable

Anagrams

• Medean, Nadeem, amened, demean, dename, meaned

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amende.

Noun

amende f (plural amendes)

1. (Belgium, colloquial) fine

Anagrams

• ademen

French

Etymology

Deverbal of amende.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.m??d/
• Homophone: amande

Noun

amende f (plural amendes)

1. fine (payment)
   • 2019 September 16, Government of Haute-Saône, "Déploiement des radars tourelles"[1]:

     La destruction, la dégradation ou la détérioration d'un bien public constitue une infraction qui peut être punie de 5 ans d'emprisonnement et de 75 000 euros d'amende.

     Destruction of or damage to public property is a crime punishable by 5 years imprisonment and a 75,000 euro fine.

Derived terms

• faire amende honorable

Verb

amende

1. first-person singular present indicative of amender
2. third-person singular present indicative of amender
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of amender
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of amender
5. second-person singular imperative of amender

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mandée

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

amende f (plural amendes)

1. (Jersey) fine (payment)

English

Etymology

amend +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Noun

amender (plural amenders)

1. One who amends.

Translations

Anagrams

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

French

Etymology

From Old French amender, from Latin ?mend?re, present active infinitive of ?mend? (“I free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.m??.de/

Verb

amender

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• méandre, méandré

Middle French

Etymology

Old French amender < Latin ?mend?.

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)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French amender, from Latin ?mend?, ?mend?re (“free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”).

Pronunciation

Verb

amender

1. (Jersey) to improve

Old French

Etymology

Latin ?mend?re, present active infinitive of ?mend? (“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.