ravager

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English

Etymology

From ravage +‎ -er.

Noun

ravager (plural ravagers)

  1. One who ravages.

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French

Etymology

From noun use of earlier ravage (“act of laying waste”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.va.ʒe/
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Verb

ravager

  1. to ravage, to ruin

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written ravage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of ravager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ravager
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ravageant
/ʁa.va.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ravagé
/ʁa.va.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ravage
/ʁa.vaʒ/ 		ravages
/ʁa.vaʒ/ 		ravage
/ʁa.vaʒ/ 		ravageons
/ʁa.va.ʒɔ̃/ 		ravagez
/ʁa.va.ʒe/ 		ravagent
/ʁa.vaʒ/
imperfect ravageais
/ʁa.va.ʒɛ/ 		ravageais
/ʁa.va.ʒɛ/ 		ravageait
/ʁa.va.ʒɛ/ 		ravagions
/ʁa.va.ʒjɔ̃/ 		ravagiez
/ʁa.va.ʒje/ 		ravageaient
/ʁa.va.ʒɛ/
past historic2 ravageai
/ʁa.va.ʒe/ 		ravageas
/ʁa.va.ʒa/ 		ravagea
/ʁa.va.ʒa/ 		ravageâmes
/ʁa.va.ʒam/ 		ravageâtes
/ʁa.va.ʒat/ 		ravagèrent
/ʁa.va.ʒɛʁ/
future ravagerai
/ʁa.vaʒ.ʁe/ 		ravageras
/ʁa.vaʒ.ʁa/ 		ravagera
/ʁa.vaʒ.ʁa/ 		ravagerons
/ʁa.vaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		ravagerez
/ʁa.vaʒ.ʁe/ 		ravageront
/ʁa.vaʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ravagerais
/ʁa.vaʒ.ʁɛ/ 		ravagerais
/ʁa.vaʒ.ʁɛ/ 		ravagerait
/ʁa.vaʒ.ʁɛ/ 		ravagerions
/ʁa.va.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ravageriez
/ʁa.va.ʒə.ʁje/ 		ravageraient
/ʁa.vaʒ.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 ravage
/ʁa.vaʒ/ 		ravages
/ʁa.vaʒ/ 		ravage
/ʁa.vaʒ/ 		ravagions
/ʁa.va.ʒjɔ̃/ 		ravagiez
/ʁa.va.ʒje/ 		ravagent
/ʁa.vaʒ/
imperfect2 ravageasse
/ʁa.va.ʒas/ 		ravageasses
/ʁa.va.ʒas/ 		ravageât
/ʁa.va.ʒa/ 		ravageassions
/ʁa.va.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		ravageassiez
/ʁa.va.ʒa.sje/ 		ravageassent
/ʁa.va.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ravage
/ʁa.vaʒ/ 		— ravageons
/ʁa.va.ʒɔ̃/ 		ravagez
/ʁa.va.ʒe/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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