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Webster 1913 Edition
Ravager
Rav′a-ger
(-ā̍-jẽr)
, Noun.
One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ravager
RAV'AGER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
ravager
ravager
French
Pronunciation
Verb
ravager
- 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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ravager | avoir ravagé | |||||
| gerund | en ravageant | en ayant ravagé | |||||
| present participle | ravageant /ʁa.va.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ravagé /ʁa.va.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | ravageai /ʁa.va.ʒe/ |
ravageas /ʁa.va.ʒa/ |
ravagea /ʁa.va.ʒa/ |
ravageâmes /ʁa.va.ʒam/ |
ravageâtes /ʁa.va.ʒat/ |
ravagèrent /ʁa.va.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ravage /ʁa.vaʒ/ |
ravages /ʁa.vaʒ/ |
ravage /ʁa.vaʒ/ |
ravagions /ʁa.va.ʒjɔ̃/ |
ravagiez /ʁa.va.ʒje/ |
ravagent /ʁa.vaʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | ravage /ʁa.vaʒ/ |
— | ravageons /ʁa.va.ʒɔ̃/ |
ravagez /ʁa.va.ʒe/ |
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