avenger

English

Etymology

From Middle English avengere; equivalent to avenge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈvɛndʒə(ɹ)/
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Noun

avenger (plural avengers)

One who avenges or vindicates.
an avenger of blood
One who takes vengeance.

Derived terms

Translations

one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood

Azerbaijani: intiqamçı, qisasçı, əvəzçi
Bulgarian: отмъстител (bg) m (otmǎstitel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 復仇者 / 复仇者 (fùchóuzhě)
Czech: mstitel (cs) m
Dutch: wreker (nl)
Esperanto: venĝanto, venĝantino
Estonian: kättemaksja
Finnish: kostaja (fi)
French: vengeur (fr) m, vengeresse (fr) f
German: Rächer (de) m, Rächerin (de) f
Greek: εκδικητής (el) m (ekdikitís), εκδικήτρια (el) f (ekdikítria)
Ancient: ἀλοίτης m (aloítēs), ἐκδικητής m (ekdikētḗs)
Italian: vendicatore (it) m, vendicatrice f
Japanese: 復讐者 (ふくしゅうしゃ, fukushūsha)
Kazakh: кек алушы (kek aluşy)
Latin: ultor m, ultrix f
Macedonian: о́дмаздник m (ódmazdnik)
Maori: kairānaki
Polish: mściciel (pl) m, mścicielka (pl) f
Portuguese: vingador (pt)
Russian: мсти́тель (ru) m (mstítelʹ), мсти́тельница (ru) f (mstítelʹnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀светнӣк m, осветница f

Roman: òsvetnīk (sh) m, osvetnica (sh) f
Spanish: vengador (es) m, vengadora (es) f, desfacedor de entuertos m (ironic, colloquial), deshacedor de agravios m
Sudovian: trintavine f
Swedish: hämnare (sv) c
Ukrainian: ме́сник m (mésnyk), ме́сниця f (mésnycja)

one who takes vengeance

Bulgarian: отмъстител (bg) m (otmǎstitel)
Finnish: kostaja (fi)
Ancient: ἀλοίτης m (aloítēs)
Latin: ultor m, ultrix f
Macedonian: о́дмаздник m (ódmazdnik)
Maori: kairānaki
Swedish: hämnare (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

German: ^{(please verify)} Rächer (de) m
Irish: ^{(please verify)} díoltasaí m, ^{(please verify)} agróir m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} خوێنەخوێ (xwênexwê)

Anagrams

Grevena, engrave, vernage

Old French

Verb

avenger

alternative form of avengier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of avenger (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		avenger			avoir avengé
gerund		en avenjant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		avenjant
past participle		avengé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	avenge	avenges	avenge	avenjons	avengez	avengent
	imperfect	avenjoie, avengeie, avenjoe, avengeve	avenjoies, avengeies, avenjoes, avengeves	avenjoit, avengeit, avenjot, avengeve	avengiiens, avengiens	avengiiez, avengiez	avenjoient, avengeient, avenjoent, avengevent
	preterite	avenjai	avenjas	avenja	avenjames	avenjastes	avengerent
	future	avengerai	avengeras	avengera	avengerons	avengeroiz, avengereiz, avengerez	avengeront
	conditional	avengeroie, avengereie	avengeroies, avengereies	avengeroit, avengereit	avengeriiens, avengeriens	avengeriiez, avengeriez	avengeroient, avengereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	avenge	avenges	avenge	avenjons	avengez	avengent
simple tenses	imperfect	avenjasse	avenjasses	avenjast	avengissons, avengissiens	avengissoiz, avengissez, avengissiez	avenjassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	avenge	—	avenjons	avengez	—