rager

See also: Rager

English

Etymology

rage +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪdʒɚ/
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Noun

rager (plural ragers)

  1. (uncommon) One who rages.
    • 2005, Paul Blum, Teacher's Guide to Anger Management, page 51:
      Ragers are feared and detested by teachers for their potential to destroy a lesson.
  2. (slang) A party, particularly a large, wild party (social event).
  3. (slang) A raging erection; a massive erection of the penis.

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French

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Verb

rager

  1. to rage

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of rager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle rageant
/ʁa.ʒɑ̃/
past participle ragé
/ʁa.ʒe/
infinitive
simple rager
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple rageant
/ʁa.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rage
/ʁaʒ/		 rages
/ʁaʒ/		 rage
/ʁaʒ/		 rageons
/ʁa.ʒɔ̃/		 ragez
/ʁa.ʒe/		 ragent
/ʁaʒ/
imperfect rageais
/ʁa.ʒɛ/		 rageais
/ʁa.ʒɛ/		 rageait
/ʁa.ʒɛ/		 ragions
/ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/		 ragiez
/ʁa.ʒje/		 rageaient
/ʁa.ʒɛ/
past historic2 rageai
/ʁa.ʒe/		 rageas
/ʁa.ʒa/		 ragea
/ʁa.ʒa/		 rageâmes
/ʁa.ʒam/		 rageâtes
/ʁa.ʒat/		 ragèrent
/ʁa.ʒɛʁ/
future ragerai
/ʁaʒ.ʁe/		 rageras
/ʁaʒ.ʁa/		 ragera
/ʁaʒ.ʁa/		 ragerons
/ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/		 ragerez
/ʁaʒ.ʁe/		 rageront
/ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ragerais
/ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/		 ragerais
/ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/		 ragerait
/ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/		 ragerions
/ʁa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/		 rageriez
/ʁa.ʒə.ʁje/		 rageraient
/ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rage
/ʁaʒ/		 rages
/ʁaʒ/		 rage
/ʁaʒ/		 ragions
/ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/		 ragiez
/ʁa.ʒje/		 ragent
/ʁaʒ/
imperfect2 rageasse
/ʁa.ʒas/		 rageasses
/ʁa.ʒas/		 rageât
/ʁa.ʒa/		 rageassions
/ʁa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/		 rageassiez
/ʁa.ʒa.sje/		 rageassent
/ʁa.ʒas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rage
/ʁaʒ/		 — rageons
/ʁa.ʒɔ̃/		 ragez
/ʁa.ʒe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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