revenge

English Online Dictionary. What means revenge‎? What does revenge mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/, /ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒ/, /ɹiˈvɛnd͡ʒ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈvendʒ/
• Hyphenation: re‧venge

Etymology 1

From Middle French revenge, a derivation from revenger, from Old French revengier (possibly influenced by Old Occitan revènge (“revenge, comeback”), from Old Occitan revenir (“to come back”)), a variant of Middle French revancher, from Old French revenchier. The variants Old French vengier (whence French venger) and Old French venchier are both descended from Latin vindicō, with stress-conditioned different parallel development in the inflectional forms. Compare avenge and vengeance.

Noun

revenge (usually uncountable, plural revenges)

1. Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.

   Synonyms: payback, wreak; see also Thesaurus:revenge

2. A win by a previous loser.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: リベンジ

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English revengen, from Old French revengier, revenger.

Verb

revenge (third-person singular simple present revenges, present participle revenging, simple past and past participle revenged)

1. (transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.
2. (transitive, reflexive) To take one's revenge (on or upon someone).
3. (intransitive, archaic) To take vengeance; to revenge itself.

Derived terms

• revengement
• revenger

Translations

See also

• vendetta
• avenge
• venge
• vengeance
• get one's own back
• get back at somebody
• retaliate

Anagrams

• genever