vengeur
French
Etymology
From Old French vengeor, vengeour, vengedur, equivalent to venger + -eur, possibly corresponding to Late Latin vindicator, vindicatorem[1][2], from Latin vindico. Compare Spanish vengador.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑ̃.ʒœʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ
- Homophones: vangeur, vangeurs, vengeurs
Adjective
vengeur (feminine vengeresse, masculine plural vengeurs, feminine plural vengeresses)
- vengeful
Noun
vengeur m (plural vengeurs, feminine vengeresse)
- avenger
References
- https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/vengeur_vengeresse/81402
- https://books.google.com/books?id=MPdOAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Further reading
- “vengeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.