rager

See also: Rager

English

Etymology

rage +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdʒɚ/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

rager (plural ragers)

1. (uncommon) One who rages.
   • 2005, Paul Blum, Teacher's Guide to Anger Management, page 51:

     Ragers are feared and detested by teachers for their potential to destroy a lesson.

2. (slang) A party, particularly a large, wild party (social event).
3. (slang) A raging erection; a massive erection of the penis.

Anagrams

• Grear, gerra

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

rager

1. to rage

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rage- 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 rager (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rager
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rageant /ʁa.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ragé /ʁa.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rage /ʁaʒ/	rages /ʁaʒ/	rage /ʁaʒ/	rageons /ʁa.ʒɔ̃/	ragez /ʁa.ʒe/	ragent /ʁaʒ/
	imperfect	rageais /ʁa.ʒɛ/	rageais /ʁa.ʒɛ/	rageait /ʁa.ʒɛ/	ragions /ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/	ragiez /ʁa.ʒje/	rageaient /ʁa.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	rageai /ʁa.ʒe/	rageas /ʁa.ʒa/	ragea /ʁa.ʒa/	rageâmes /ʁa.ʒam/	rageâtes /ʁa.ʒat/	ragèrent /ʁa.ʒɛʁ/
	future	ragerai /ʁaʒ.ʁe/	rageras /ʁaʒ.ʁa/	ragera /ʁaʒ.ʁa/	ragerons /ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/	ragerez /ʁaʒ.ʁe/	rageront /ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ragerais /ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/	ragerais /ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/	ragerait /ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/	ragerions /ʁa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	rageriez /ʁa.ʒə.ʁje/	rageraient /ʁaʒ.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	rage /ʁaʒ/	rages /ʁaʒ/	rage /ʁaʒ/	ragions /ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/	ragiez /ʁa.ʒje/	ragent /ʁaʒ/
	imperfect2	rageasse /ʁa.ʒas/	rageasses /ʁa.ʒas/	rageât /ʁa.ʒa/	rageassions /ʁa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	rageassiez /ʁa.ʒa.sje/	rageassent /ʁa.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rage /ʁaʒ/	—	rageons /ʁa.ʒɔ̃/	ragez /ʁa.ʒe/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• enragé
• rage
• rageur

Further reading

• “rager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• garer