different between ravager vs ravages

English

Etymology

ravage +? -er

Noun

ravager (plural ravagers)

1. One who ravages.

Translations

Anagrams

• Vergara

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.va.?e/

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” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Related terms

• ravage
• ravageur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gravera

English

Noun

ravages

1. plural of ravage

Noun

ravages pl (plural only)

1. Harsh damage.

   The ravages of war decimated the country: death, destruction and pestilence resulted from the bombings.

Translations

Verb

ravages

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ravage

Anagrams

• savager

Dutch

Noun

ravages

1. plural of ravage

French

Noun

ravages m pl (plural only)

1. damages, destruction caused by man or nature
2. deteriorations caused by natural processes such as time or disease
3. (archaic) great damages caused by man through violence; pillage or sacking

Derived terms

• faire des ravages

Verb

ravages

1. second-person singular present indicative of ravager
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of ravager

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gaveras