different between ruined vs ruiner

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??u?nd/ , IPA^(key): /?u?nd/
• Hyphenation: ru?ined

Verb

ruined

1. simple past tense and past participle of ruin

Adjective

ruined (comparative more ruined, superlative most ruined)

1. (slang) incapacitated by drugs or alcohol

Anagrams

• driuen, indure, inured, nudier, urined

English

Etymology

ruin +? -er

Noun

ruiner (plural ruiners)

1. Someone who ruins.
   • 1855-57, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

     There was a ruined uncle in the family group—ruined by his brother, the Father of the Marshalsea, and knowing no more how than his ruiner did, but accepting the fact as something that could not be helped.

Synonyms

• destroyer
• wrecker

Antonyms

• founder
• builder
• constructor
• producer

Danish

Etymology 1

See ruin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rui?n?r/, [?u?i??n?]

Noun

ruiner c

1. indefinite plural of ruin

Etymology 2

See ruinere (“to ruin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruine?r/, [?ui?ne????], [?ui?ne???]

Verb

ruiner or ruinér

1. imperative of ruinere

French

Etymology

From ruine. Cf. also Latin ru?n?re. Compare Italian rovinare, Occitan arroïnar, Spanish ruinar, arruinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i.ne/

Verb

ruiner

1. to ruin
2. to raze to the ground, to destroy, to wreck
3. (figuratively) to shatter (hope), to ruin (reputation)

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• réunir, uriner

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ruiner m

1. indefinite plural of ruin

Old French

Verb

ruiner

1. to destroy; to ruin
2. to spoil; to ruin; to wreck

3. (intransitive) to become a ruin

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

• see ruine

Descendants

• French: ruiner

Swedish

Noun

ruiner

1. indefinite plural of ruin