# mener
## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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* IPA: /mə.ne/
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### Verb

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

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.

#### Antonyms

* suivre

#### Derived terms

* mener à bien
* mener à la baguette
* mener de front
* mener en bateau
* mener grand train
* mener la danse
* mener la vie à grandes guides
* mener par le bout du nez
* mener une vie de bâton de chaise
* ne pas en mener large
* tous les chemins mènent à Rome

#### Related terms

* amener
* emmener
* meneur

### Further reading

* “mener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Ladin
### Etymology

(Can this etymology be sourced?) Inherited from Latin mināre, collateral form of minārī.

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### Verb

mener
* to take or lead (someone somewhere)
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#### Conjugation

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

## Norman
### Verb

mener
* Alternative form of m'ner

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

mener
* present tense of mene
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## Old French
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mināre, collateral form of minārī.

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

mener
* (transitive) to lead (encourage something or someone to go somewhere)
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#### Conjugation

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.

#### Related terms

* amener
* enmener

#### Descendants

* Bourguignon: moiner
* Middle French: mener
** French: mener
* Norman: (Jersey) m'ner, mener
* Picard: mner
* → German: mennen

### Further reading

* “mener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (mener)
* mener on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub