ravage
French, noun
ravage is spelled R-A-V-A-G-E (6 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ravage is a French masculine noun meaning “the act of laying waste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ravager. With an accent, ravagé is a different word: “past participle of ravager”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de ravager”.
What does ravage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of laying waste
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of ravager
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de ravager. 2. Dommage, dégât fait avec violence et rapidité. 3. Dommages que causent les tempêtes, les orages, les pluies, les vents, les guerres, etc. ou même les maladies. 4. Désordre que les passions causent.
adjective: 1. Qui a subi des ravages. 2. Gravement perturbé. 3. Fou, déluré, extravagant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ravage
- ravages plural
- ravagée feminine
- ravagés masculine plural
- ravagées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ravage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ravage in French?
ravage appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).