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revenge

/ɹiˈvendʒ/ree-VENJ
/ɹiˈvɛndʒ/ree-VENJ

Meaningto lay claim, avenge

Common meaning: paying back a wrong

Journey through time

  1. Latinvindicare‘to vindicate’source
  2. Old Frenchvengiersource
  3. Old Frenchrevengiersource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto vindicate → paying back a wrongrevenge‘paying back a wrong’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vindicare ‘to lay claim, avenge’.

Roots

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