havoc

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Widespread devastation and destruction.
2. (uncountable, usually) Mayhem.

Verb

1. To pillage.
2. To cause havoc.

Intj

A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

Concepts

chaos

ravage

dévastation

bagarre

saccage

dégât

clairière

havoc

grabuge

ravages

destruction

Synonymes

destruction

devastation

ruin

chaos

mayhem

desolation

calamity

ravages

wreckage

turmoil

ravage

demolition

mess

disaster

debacle

disorder

damage

rack

ravaging

riot

row

ruination

scuffle

shipwreck

slaughter

stir

tumult

upheaval

wrack

wreck

balagan

heavy damage

age of decadence

Kali Yuga

calamitous age

turbulent days

wild times

affray

ravagement

agitation

annihilation

badlands

bareness

clamour

dark age

depopulation

dereliction

destroying

devastate

disarray

Traductions

rovina

Verwüstung

estrago

Zerstörung

distruzione

disastro

devastação

ruína

hasar

verwoesting

destruição

caos

tahribat

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhævək/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: havok

Appartenant à ancien français: havee

Appartenant à ancien français: havet

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: habba

Appartenant à allemand: Hippe

Appartenant à anglais: heave

In summary

From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry havoc”) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (“cry out, shout”) + havot (“pillaging, looting”), of obscure origin. Probably from a derivative of Old French *haf, hef (“hook”), from Frankish *haf, *habbjā, *happjā (“pruning-hook, scythe”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), related to Old French havee (“handful”), Old French havet (“pruning-hook”), Old High German habba, heppa (“pruning-hook, scythe”), modern German Hippe (“billhook”). If so, then also related to English heave and doublet of hatchet.