ruiner
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruiner (plural ruiners)
- Someone who ruins.
- 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
- 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
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]See ruin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruiner c
- indefinite plural of ruin
Etymology 2
[edit]See ruinere (“to ruin”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ruiner or ruinér
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ruine. Cf. also Latin ruīnāre. Compare Italian rovinare, Occitan arroïnar, Spanish ruinar, arruinar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ruiner
- to ruin
- to raze to the ground, to destroy, to wreck
- (figuratively) to shatter (hope), to ruin (reputation)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ruiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ruiner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ruinant /ʁɥi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ruiné /ʁɥi.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | ruine /ʁɥin/ |
ruines /ʁɥin/ |
ruine /ʁɥin/ |
ruinons /ʁɥi.nɔ̃/ |
ruinez /ʁɥi.ne/ |
ruinent /ʁɥin/ |
imperfect | ruinais /ʁɥi.nɛ/ |
ruinais /ʁɥi.nɛ/ |
ruinait /ʁɥi.nɛ/ |
ruinions /ʁɥi.njɔ̃/ |
ruiniez /ʁɥi.nje/ |
ruinaient /ʁɥi.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ruinai /ʁɥi.ne/ |
ruinas /ʁɥi.na/ |
ruina /ʁɥi.na/ |
ruinâmes /ʁɥi.nam/ |
ruinâtes /ʁɥi.nat/ |
ruinèrent /ʁɥi.nɛʁ/ | |
future | ruinerai /ʁɥin.ʁe/ |
ruineras /ʁɥin.ʁa/ |
ruinera /ʁɥin.ʁa/ |
ruinerons /ʁɥin.ʁɔ̃/ |
ruinerez /ʁɥin.ʁe/ |
ruineront /ʁɥin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ruinerais /ʁɥin.ʁɛ/ |
ruinerais /ʁɥin.ʁɛ/ |
ruinerait /ʁɥin.ʁɛ/ |
ruinerions /ʁɥi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ruineriez /ʁɥi.nə.ʁje/ |
ruineraient /ʁɥin.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | ruine /ʁɥin/ |
ruines /ʁɥin/ |
ruine /ʁɥin/ |
ruinions /ʁɥi.njɔ̃/ |
ruiniez /ʁɥi.nje/ |
ruinent /ʁɥin/ |
imperfect2 | ruinasse /ʁɥi.nas/ |
ruinasses /ʁɥi.nas/ |
ruinât /ʁɥi.na/ |
ruinassions /ʁɥi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
ruinassiez /ʁɥi.na.sje/ |
ruinassent /ʁɥi.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ruine /ʁɥin/ |
— | ruinons /ʁɥi.nɔ̃/ |
ruinez /ʁɥi.ne/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
[edit]- “ruiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruiner m
- indefinite plural of ruin
Old French
[edit]Verb
[edit]ruiner
- to destroy; to ruin
- to spoil; to ruin; to wreck
- il voloit ruiner le roi
- he wanted to ruin the king
- (intransitive) to become a ruin
Conjugation
[edit]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.
Conjugation of ruiner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | ruiner | avoir ruiné | |||||
gerund | en ruinant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | ruinant | ||||||
past participle | ruiné | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | ruin | ruines | ruine | ruinons | ruinez | ruinent |
imperfect | ruinoie, ruineie, ruinoe, ruineve | ruinoies, ruineies, ruinoes, ruineves | ruinoit, ruineit, ruinot, ruineve | ruiniiens, ruiniens | ruiniiez, ruiniez | ruinoient, ruineient, ruinoent, ruinevent | |
preterite | ruinai | ruinas | ruina | ruinames | ruinastes | ruinerent | |
future | ruinerai | ruineras | ruinera | ruinerons | ruineroiz, ruinereiz, ruinerez | ruineront | |
conditional | ruineroie, ruinereie | ruineroies, ruinereies | ruineroit, ruinereit | ruineriiens, ruineriens | ruineriiez, ruineriez | ruineroient, ruinereient | |
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 | ruin | ruins | ruint | ruinons | ruinez | ruinent |
imperfect | ruinasse | ruinasses | ruinast | ruinissons, ruinissiens | ruinissoiz, ruinissez, ruinissiez | ruinassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | ruine | — | ruinons | ruinez | — |
Related terms
[edit]- see ruine
Descendants
[edit]- French: ruiner
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruiner
- indefinite plural of ruin
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