Menée

Menée is a French term that can function as both a form of the verb and as a noun. As a participle feminine, it is the feminine form of mené, the past participle of mener, and it agrees with a feminine subject or object: an operation menée, an enquête menée. In attributive use, it often appears in phrases such as une opération menÉe or une équipe menée par un capitaine, where it describes something that has been led or guided.

As a noun, la mène or more commonly la menée designates the act of leading or conducting something, i.e., the execution or management of a plan, project, or action. It can refer to the conduct of a campaign or initiative, for example la menée d’un projet or la menée d’une campagne. The noun also appears in the plural, les menées, which carries the sense of organized actions, maneuvers, or schemes carried out by an individual, a group, or a government. In political or military contexts, les menées can denote campaigns or covert operations, sometimes with a negative connotation.

Usage notes and typical expressions include mener à bien, meaning to bring to completion, often framed as une mission menée à bien; mener une enquête or mener une campagne, both common constructions that describe actively guiding or directing an effort. The term is used in formal, journalistic, and literary registers to discuss leadership, conduct, and the strategic actions of actors in various spheres.