ramener

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ amener.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.m(ə).ne/

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Verb

ramener

1. (transitive) to take back, bring back, restore
2. (transitive) to draw, pull (back)
3. (reflexive) to come down, be reduced (à to)
4. (reflexive, informal) to roll up, to get one's butt somewhere

   Synonym: débarquer

   Il s’est ramené sans prévenir. ― He turned up with no warning.

   Ramène-toi ! ― Get yourself over here!

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 ramène and the third-person singular future indicative il ramènera.

Conjugation of ramener (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ramener
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ramenant /ʁam.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ramené /ʁam.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ramène /ʁa.mɛn/	ramènes /ʁa.mɛn/	ramène /ʁa.mɛn/	ramenons /ʁam.nɔ̃/	ramenez /ʁam.ne/	ramènent /ʁa.mɛn/
	imperfect	ramenais /ʁam.nɛ/	ramenais /ʁam.nɛ/	ramenait /ʁam.nɛ/	ramenions /ʁa.mə.njɔ̃/	rameniez /ʁa.mə.nje/	ramenaient /ʁam.nɛ/
	past historic2	ramenai /ʁam.ne/	ramenas /ʁam.na/	ramena /ʁam.na/	ramenâmes /ʁam.nam/	ramenâtes /ʁam.nat/	ramenèrent /ʁam.nɛʁ/
	future	ramènerai /ʁa.mɛn.ʁe/	ramèneras /ʁa.mɛn.ʁa/	ramènera /ʁa.mɛn.ʁa/	ramènerons /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/	ramènerez /ʁa.mɛn.ʁe/	ramèneront /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ramènerais /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/	ramènerais /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/	ramènerait /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/	ramènerions /ʁa.mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.me.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	ramèneriez /ʁa.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁa.me.nə.ʁje/	ramèneraient /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	ramène /ʁa.mɛn/	ramènes /ʁa.mɛn/	ramène /ʁa.mɛn/	ramenions /ʁa.mə.njɔ̃/	rameniez /ʁa.mə.nje/	ramènent /ʁa.mɛn/
	imperfect2	ramenasse /ʁam.nas/	ramenasses /ʁam.nas/	ramenât /ʁam.na/	ramenassions /ʁam.na.sjɔ̃/	ramenassiez /ʁam.na.sje/	ramenassent /ʁam.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ramène /ʁa.mɛn/	—	ramenons /ʁam.nɔ̃/	ramenez /ʁam.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• la ramener
• ramener sa fraise
• ramener ses fesses
• ramener son grain de sel
• se la ramener

 

Further reading

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