different between recharge vs recharger

English

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?i??t???(?)d?/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /??i?t???(?)d?/

Etymology

From Old French rechargier, from re- +? chargier.

Verb

recharge (third-person singular simple present recharges, present participle recharging, simple past and past participle recharged)

1. (transitive) To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
2. (intransitive) To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
   • August 28, 2003, Tiger Woods, interview by Todd Budnick[1]

     My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.

3. (transitive) To reload a gun with ammunition.
4. (transitive) To add or restore water to an aquifer.
5. (transitive) To request payment again from.
   • 1977, United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Diagnostic Motor Vehicle Inspection Demonstration Projects, Program Engineering Support

     Customer was recharged for doing same brake work (in November) that had been done in September. QA teams believes^[sic] this work was a rip-off.

6. To charge or accuse in return.
7. To attack again or anew.

   • They charge, recharge, and all along the sea
     They drive, and squander the huge Belgian fleet

Synonyms

• (to invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents): unwind

Translations

Noun

recharge (countable and uncountable, plural recharges)

1. (uncountable) Water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.
2. (countable) The process of charging (an electrical device) again.

   My phone has needed five recharges in the last month.

Derived terms

• recharge area
• recharge well

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?a??/

Verb

recharge

1. first-person singular present indicative of recharger
2. third-person singular present indicative of recharger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of recharger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of recharger
5. second-person singular imperative of recharger

English

Etymology

recharge +? -er

Noun

recharger (plural rechargers)

1. That which recharges, especially a device for recharging an electrical item.

French

Etymology

re- +? charger

Verb

recharger

1. to recharge (add more electricity to)
2. to reload (e.g. a gun)

Conjugation

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

Further reading

• “recharger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).