English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] From Middle French revenge revenger Old French revengier Old Occitan revènge ( “ revenge, comeback ” ) , from Old Occitan revenir ( “ to come back ” ) ), a variant of Middle French revancher Old French revenchier Old French vengier French venger Old French venchier Latin vindicō avenge vengeance
revenge (usually uncountable , plural revenges
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 Indifference is the sweetest revenge .
When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge .
A win by a previous loser .
1908 [ illiam] B[ lair] M[ orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein , New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company , →OCLC “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge ”.
Derived terms [ edit ] Descendants [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] retaliatory action
Albanian: gjakmarrje (sq) f hakmarrje (sq) f
Arabic: ثَأْر m ( ṯaʔr ) , اِنْتِقَام m ( intiqām )
Egyptian Arabic: تار m ( tār )
Hijazi Arabic: انتقام m ( intigām, intiqām ) , ثار m ( tār )
Moroccan Arabic: انتقام m ( intiqām )
Armenian: վրեժ (hy) ( vrež ) , քեն (hy) ( kʿen ) , ոխ (hy) ( ox )
Aromanian: arãzgan n ahti f
Assamese: পোটক ( pütok ) , সেকা ( xeka )
Asturian: venganza f
Azerbaijani: qisas (az) , intiqam (az) , öc
Bashkir: үс ( üs ) , ҡон ( qon )
Basque: mendeku
Belarusian: по́мста f ( pómsta )
Bulgarian: мъст (bg) f ( mǎst ) , отмъще́ние (bg) n ( otmǎšténie )
Carpathian Rusyn: пімста ( pimsta )
Catalan: revenja m venjança (ca) f
Chechen: бехкам f ( bexkam )
Cherokee: ᎠᏞᎢᏍᏗ ( atleisdi )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 報仇 ／ 报仇 (zh) ( bàochóu ) , 復仇 ／ 复仇 (zh) ( fùchóu ) , 報復 ／ 报复 (zh) ( bàofù )
Czech: pomsta (cs) f odplata f
Danish: hævn c
Dutch: wraak (nl) f
Esperanto: venĝo
Estonian: kättemaks
Faroese: hevnd f
Finnish: kosto (fi)
French: vengeance (fr) f revanche (fr) f Old French: venjance f justise f
Galician: vinganza (gl) f
Georgian: შურისძიება ( šurisʒieba ) , შურისგება ( šurisgeba )
German: Rache (de) f
Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄 n ( fraweit )
Greek: εκδίκηση (el) f ( ekdíkisi )
Ancient: ἐκδίκησις f ( ekdíkēsis )
Hebrew: נְקָמָה (he) f ( nekamá )
Hindi: बदला (hi) ( badlā ) , इंतक़ाम m ( intaqām ) , इंतिक़ाम m ( intiqām )
Hungarian: bosszú (hu)
Icelandic: hefnd f
Ido: venjo (io)
Indonesian: balas dendam (id) , pembalasan (id)
Irish: díoltas m
Italian: vendetta (it) f rivincita (it) f rivalsa (it) f ritorsione (it) f
Japanese: 復讐 (ja) ( ふくしゅう, fukushū ) , 報復 (ja) ( ほうふく, hōfuku )
Kapampangan: ablas
Kazakh: кек ( kek ) , өш ( öş )
Korean: 복수(復讐) (ko) ( boksu ) , 보복(報復) (ko) ( bobok )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: tol (ku) f
Kyrgyz: кек (ky) ( kek )
Lao: ອາຄາດ ( ʼā khāt )
Latin: vindicta f ultiō f
Latvian: atriebe atriebība
Lithuanian: kerštas m
Macedonian: одмазда f ( odmazda )
Malay: dendam
Malayalam: പ്രതികാരം (ml) ( pratikāraṁ )
Maori: uto ngakinga
Marathi: सूड m ( sūḍ )
Mongolian: өс (mn) ( ös )
Norman: r'venge f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hevn m
Nynorsk: hemn m
Occitan: revenja (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: мьсть f ( mĭstĭ )
Old English: wracu f
Old High German: rāhha f
Ossetian: маст исын ( mast isyn )
Pashto: انتقام (ps) m ( enteqām )
Pennsylvania German: Raache f
Persian: انتقام (fa) ( enteqâm )
Plautdietsch: Rach f
Polish: odwet (pl) m pomsta (pl) f zemsta (pl) f
Portuguese: vingança (pt) f
Romanian: răzbunare (ro) f
Russian: месть (ru) f ( mestʹ ) , рева́нш (ru) m ( revánš ) , мще́ние (ru) n ( mščénije ) , отмще́ние (ru) n ( otmščénije ) , воздая́ние (ru) n ( vozdajánije )
Scottish Gaelic: dìoghaltas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̏света f о̀дмазда f
Roman: ȍsveta (sh) f òdmazda (sh) f
Sindhi: بدلو
Slovak: pomsta f
Slovene: maščevanje n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pomsć f pomsćenje n
Spanish: venganza (es) f
Swahili: kisasi (sw)
Swedish: hämnd (sv) c
Tagalog: paghihiganti resbak ( slang )
Tajik: интиқом ( intiqom )
Tatar: үч (tt) ( üç )
Thai: ความอาฆาต (th) ( kwaam-aa-kâat )
Turkish: intikam (tr) , öç (tr)
Ukrainian: по́мста f ( pómsta )
Urdu: انتقام m ( intiqām )
Uyghur: ئىنتىقام ( intiqam )
Uzbek: intiqom (uz)
Vietnamese: sự trả thù
Walloon: rivindje (wa) f
Welsh: dialedd dial (cy) m dialon m pl
Yiddish: נקמה f ( nekome )
Etymology 2 [ edit ] From Middle English revengen Old French revengier revenger
revenge (third-person singular simple present revenges present participle revenging simple past and past participle revenged
( transitive ) take revenge for (a particular harmful action ) or on behalf of (its victim ); to avenge .
Arsenal revenged their loss to Manchester United last time with a 5–0 drubbing this time.
1697 Virgil , “The First Book of the Æneis ”, in John Dryden , transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [ … ] , London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson , [ … ] →OCLC The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.
1814 Lord Berners , The Ancient Chronicles of Sir John Froissart :to revenge the death of our fathers
c. 1840 Leigh Hunt , The Seer; Or, Common-places Refreshed :However, my veneration for that illustrious man was so great, that on the night when he died, I revenged him finely on his two principal enemies.
( transitive , reflexive ) on or upon someone).
1599 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC [ Act IV, scene iii] :Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius.
( intransitive , archaic ) vengeance ; to revenge itself.
c. 1591–1592 William Shakespeare , “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, [ … ] ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC [ Act I, scene iv] :a bird that will revenge upon you all
1814 Dante Alighieri , “Canto VII”, in H[enry] F[rancis] Cary , transl., The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. [ … ] Paradise ), London: [ … ] [ J. Barfield] for Taylor and Hessey, [ … ] →OCLC page 30 , lines 45–47 :Count it not hard henceforth, when thou dost hear reveng'd . [ …]
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] to take one's revenge on someone
Belarusian: мсціць impf ( mscicʹ ) , по́мсціць impf ( pómscicʹ ) , адпо́мсціць pf ( adpómscicʹ )
Bikol Central: balos (bcl)
Bulgarian: мъстя́ (bg) impf ( mǎstjá ) , отмъща́вам (bg) impf ( otmǎštávam ) , отмъстя́ pf ( otmǎstjá )
Czech: pomstít sepf mstít seimpf oplatit pf oplácet impf
Danish: hævne seg
French: se venger (fr) (de quelqu'un)
Galician: vingar (gl)
Malayalam: പ്രതികാരം ചെയ്യുക ( pratikāraṁ ceyyuka ) , പകവീട്ടുക (ml) ( pakavīṭṭuka )
Maore Comorian: uliv̄a kiswa ( transitive )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: өс авах ( ös avax )
Tagalog: maghiganti
Turkish: intikan birinden intikamını almak
Ukrainian: мсти́ти impf ( mstýty ) , помсти́ти pf ( pomstýty ) , відомща́ти impf ( vidomščáty ) , відімсти́ти pf ( vidimstýty ) , відомсти́ти pf ( vidomstýty ) , мсти́тися impf ( mstýtysja ) , помща́тися impf ( pomščátysja ) , помсти́тися pf ( pomstýtysja )
to take revenge for an action
Arabic: اِنْتَقَمَ ( intaqama )
Belarusian: мсціць impf ( mscicʹ ) , по́мсціць impf ( pómscicʹ ) , адпо́мсціць pf ( adpómscicʹ )
Bikol Central: balos (bcl)
Bulgarian: мъстя́ (bg) impf ( mǎstjá ) , отмъща́вам (bg) impf ( otmǎštávam ) , отмъстя́ pf ( otmǎstjá )
Burmese: လက်စားချေ (my) ( lakca:hkye ) , ကလဲ့စားချေ (my) ( ka.lai.ca:hkye )
Catalan: revenjar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 報仇 ／ 报仇 (zh) ( bàochóu ) , 報復 ／ 报复 (zh) ( bàofu )
Czech: mstít se impf pomstít se (cs) pf
Danish: hævne hævne seg
Dutch: wreken (nl)
Finnish: kostaa (fi)
French: venger (fr)
German: rächen (de)
Greek: εκδικούμαι (el) ( ekdikoúmai )
Hindi: बदला लेना ( badlā lenā ) , दण्ड देना ( daṇḍ denā )
Italian: vendicarsi
Japanese: 復讐 する( ふくしゅうする, fukushū suru ) , 報復する (ja) ( ほうふくする, hōfuku suru )
Korean: 복수하다 (ko) ( boksuhada ) , 보복하다 (ko) ( bobokhada )
Lao: ແກ້ແຄ້ນ (lo) ( kǣ khǣn )
Macedonian: одмаздува impf ( odmazduva ) , одмазди pf ( odmazdi )
Malayalam: പകവീട്ടുക (ml) ( pakavīṭṭuka )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hevne hevne seg
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: мьстити impf ( mĭstiti )
Persian: انتقام گرفتن (fa) ( enteqâm gereftan )
Polish: mścić się impf zemścić się pf pomścić się (pl) pf
Portuguese: vingar -se
Romanian: răzbuna (ro)
Russian: мстить (ru) impf ( mstitʹ ) , отомсти́ть (ru) pf ( otomstítʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: освећи́вати се impf осве́тити се pf
Roman: osvećívati se impf osvétiti se (sh) pf
Slovak: mstiť sa impf pomstiť sa pf
Slovene: maščevati se impf or pf
Swedish: hämnas (sv)
Tajik: интиқом гирифтан ( intiqom giriftan ) , қасос гирифтан ( qasos giriftan )
Thai: แก้แค้น (th) ( gɛ̂ɛ-kɛ́ɛn )
Ukrainian: мсти́ти impf ( mstýty ) , помсти́ти pf ( pomstýty ) , відомща́ти impf ( vidomščáty ) , відімсти́ти pf ( vidimstýty ) , відомсти́ти pf ( vidomstýty )
Vietnamese: phục thù (vi) , trả thù (vi)
to take revenge on an actor
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