ruiner

From ruin +‎ -er.

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.

• destroyer
• wrecker

• founder
• builder
• constructor
• producer

See ruin.

• IPA^(key): /ruiːnər/, [ʁuˈiːˀnɐ]

ruiner c

1. indefinite plural of ruin

See ruinere (“to ruin”).

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

ruiner or ruinér

1. imperative of ruinere

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

• IPA^(key): /ʁɥi.ne/

• Audio:

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ruiner

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

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

• réunir, uriner

ruiner m

1. indefinite plural of ruin

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

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.

• see ruine

• French: ruiner

ruiner

1. indefinite plural of ruin