ruiner

English

Etymology

ruin +‎ -er

Noun

ruiner (plural ruiners)

1. Someone who ruins.
   • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     There was a ruined uncle in the family group—ruined by his brother, the Father of the Marshalsea, and knowing no more how than his ruiner did, but accepting the fact as something that could not be helped.

Synonyms

• destroyer
• wrecker

Antonyms

• founder
• builder
• constructor
• producer

Danish

Etymology 1

See ruin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruiːnər/, [ʁuˈiːˀnɐ]

Noun

ruiner c

1. indefinite plural of ruin

Etymology 2

See ruinere (“to ruin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruineːr/, [ʁuiˈneːˀɐ̯], [ʁuiˈneɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

ruiner or ruinér

1. imperative of ruinere

French

Etymology

From ruine. Cf. also Latin ruīnāre. Compare Italian rovinare, Occitan arroïnar, Spanish ruinar, arruinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɥi.ne/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

ruiner

1. to ruin
2. to raze to the ground, to destroy, to wreck
3. (figuratively) to shatter (hope), to ruin (reputation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ruiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ruiner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ruinant /ʁɥi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ruiné /ʁɥi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ruine /ʁɥin/	ruines /ʁɥin/	ruine /ʁɥin/	ruinons /ʁɥi.nɔ̃/	ruinez /ʁɥi.ne/	ruinent /ʁɥin/
	imperfect	ruinais /ʁɥi.nɛ/	ruinais /ʁɥi.nɛ/	ruinait /ʁɥi.nɛ/	ruinions /ʁɥi.njɔ̃/	ruiniez /ʁɥi.nje/	ruinaient /ʁɥi.nɛ/
	past historic2	ruinai /ʁɥi.ne/	ruinas /ʁɥi.na/	ruina /ʁɥi.na/	ruinâmes /ʁɥi.nam/	ruinâtes /ʁɥi.nat/	ruinèrent /ʁɥi.nɛʁ/
	future	ruinerai /ʁɥin.ʁe/	ruineras /ʁɥin.ʁa/	ruinera /ʁɥin.ʁa/	ruinerons /ʁɥin.ʁɔ̃/	ruinerez /ʁɥin.ʁe/	ruineront /ʁɥin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ruinerais /ʁɥin.ʁɛ/	ruinerais /ʁɥin.ʁɛ/	ruinerait /ʁɥin.ʁɛ/	ruinerions /ʁɥi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	ruineriez /ʁɥi.nə.ʁje/	ruineraient /ʁɥin.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	ruine /ʁɥin/	ruines /ʁɥin/	ruine /ʁɥin/	ruinions /ʁɥi.njɔ̃/	ruiniez /ʁɥi.nje/	ruinent /ʁɥin/
	imperfect2	ruinasse /ʁɥi.nas/	ruinasses /ʁɥi.nas/	ruinât /ʁɥi.na/	ruinassions /ʁɥi.na.sjɔ̃/	ruinassiez /ʁɥi.na.sje/	ruinassent /ʁɥi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ruine /ʁɥin/	—	ruinons /ʁɥi.nɔ̃/	ruinez /ʁɥi.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “ruiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• réunir, uriner

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ruiner m

1. indefinite plural of ruin

Old French

Verb

ruiner

1. to destroy; to ruin
2. to spoil; to ruin; to wreck

   il voloit ruiner le roi

   he wanted to ruin the king

3. (intransitive) to become a ruin

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of ruiner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ruiner			avoir ruiné
gerund		en ruinant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		ruinant
past participle		ruiné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ruin	ruines	ruine	ruinons	ruinez	ruinent
	imperfect	ruinoie, ruineie, ruinoe, ruineve	ruinoies, ruineies, ruinoes, ruineves	ruinoit, ruineit, ruinot, ruineve	ruiniiens, ruiniens	ruiniiez, ruiniez	ruinoient, ruineient, ruinoent, ruinevent
	preterite	ruinai	ruinas	ruina	ruinames	ruinastes	ruinerent
	future	ruinerai	ruineras	ruinera	ruinerons	ruineroiz, ruinereiz, ruinerez	ruineront
	conditional	ruineroie, ruinereie	ruineroies, ruinereies	ruineroit, ruinereit	ruineriiens, ruineriens	ruineriiez, ruineriez	ruineroient, ruinereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	ruin	ruins	ruint	ruinons	ruinez	ruinent
	imperfect	ruinasse	ruinasses	ruinast	ruinissons, ruinissiens	ruinissoiz, ruinissez, ruinissiez	ruinassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	ruine	—	ruinons	ruinez	—

Related terms

• see ruine

Descendants

• French: ruiner

Swedish

Noun

ruiner

1. indefinite plural of ruin