vengeance

English

Alternative forms

• vengeaunce

Etymology

Old French venger (“avenge”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɛnˌdʒəns/ SAMPA: /"vEn%dZ@ns/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndʒəns

Noun

vengeance (plural vengeances)

1. Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.

Synonyms

• reprisal
• retaliation
• retribution
• revenge
• See also Wikisaurus:revenge

Antonyms

• reconciliation

Translations

revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong

Arabic: ثأر (ar) Armenian: վրեժ (hy) (vrež) Chinese: 复仇 (fù chóu) Czech: pomsta (cs) f. Danish: hævn (da) Dutch: vendetta (nl), vergelding (nl), wraak (nl) Esperanto: venĝo (eo) Estonian: kättemaks (et) Finnish: kosto (fi) French: vengeance (fr) f. Georgian: შურისძიება (ka) (šurisjieba) German: Rache (de) f., Vergeltung (de) f. Greek: εκδίκηση (el) (ekdíkisi) f. Ido: venjo (io) Italian: vendetta (it) f., rivalsa (it) f., rappresaglia (it) f., ritorsione (it) f. Japanese: 復讎 [ふくしゅう] - fukushuu Maltese: vendetta f., tpattija f. Polish: zemsta (pl) f.

Portuguese: vingança (pt) f. Russian: месть (ru) Scottish Gaelic: dìoghaltas (gd) m., aicheamhail (gd) f. Slovak: pomsta (sk) f. Spanish: venganza (es) f. Swedish: hämnd (sv) Turkish: intikam (tr)

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French

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Etymology

venger +‎ -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vA~.ZA~s/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
• Homophone: vengeances
• Hyphenation: ven‧geance

Noun

vengeance f. (plural vengeances)

1. revenge, vengeance