venger
French, verb/vɑ̃.ʒe/
venger is spelled V-E-N-G-E-R (6 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Venger is a French verb meaning “to avenge, to take revenge (upon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Obtenir vengeance de quelque injure, de quelque outrage, de quelque acte coupable ; se dit en parlant des…”.
What does venger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to avenge, to take revenge (upon)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Obtenir vengeance de quelque injure, de quelque outrage, de quelque acte coupable ; se dit en parlant des choses dont on veut tirer satisfaction. 2. Se dit aussi en parlant des personnes qu’on considère comme offensées. 3. Se dit encore en parlant des choses que l’on regarde comme atteintes par une offense.
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 venger
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- vengeant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- vengé participle past
- venge first-person indicative present
- venges indicative present second-person
- vengeons first-person indicative plural
- vengez indicative plural present
- vengent indicative plural present
- vengeais first-person imperfect indicative
- vengeait imperfect indicative singular
- vengions first-person imperfect indicative
- vengiez imperfect indicative plural
- vengeaient imperfect indicative plural
- vengeai first-person historic indicative
- vengeas historic indicative past
- vengea historic indicative past
- vengeâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce venger?
- /vɑ̃.ʒe/
- \vɑ̃.ʒe\
- [vɑ̃.ʒe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to venger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is venger in French?
venger appears 9.1 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).