Ravenclaw

English

Etymology

Coined by British author J. K. Rowling, from raven +‎ claw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪvənˌklɔː/

• Audio (US); /-ɑ/:

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Noun

Ravenclaw (plural Ravenclaws)

1. A person having traits associated with Ravenclaw house from the Harry Potter series, including intelligence, creativity, and love of learning or an affinity for eagles or the colours blue and bronze.
   • 2011, Taylor Morris, Hello, Gorgeous!: Blowout‎^[1], Grosset & Dunlap, published 2011, →ISBN:

     “Let's go, Ravenclaws!” Kristen cheered loudly. Lizbeth laughed and nudged her in the arm.
     “You're such a dork,” she told her. “They're just warming up.”

   • 2012, Kristi Cook, Eternal, Simon and Schuster, published 2013, →ISBN, page 232:

     “I've always thought of myself as more of a Ravenclaw.”

   • 2014, Charles Finch, The Last Enchantments, St. Martins Press, →ISBN, page 80:

     “I know we've met, but I'm Tom. Law.”
     “And I'm Will,” I said. “English.”
     She rolled her eyes. “I'm Ella. Ravenclaw.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ravenclaw.

Coordinate terms

• Gryffindor
• Hufflepuff
• Slytherin

Derived terms

• Ravenclawish

Translations

Harry Potter house

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (Mainland China) 拉文克勞／拉文克劳 (zh) (Lāwénkèláo); (Taiwan) 雷文克勞／雷文克劳 (Léiwénkèláo)

• Czech: Havraspár (cs)
• Finnish: Korpinkynsi
• French: Serdaigle
• Hebrew: רייבנקלו (reyvenklo)
• Hungarian: Hollóhát
• Italian: Corvonero
• Japanese: レイブンクロー (Reibenkurō)
• Portuguese: Corvinal f
• Russian: Ко́гтевран m (Kógtevran)

person having traits associated with the house

• Russian: когревранец m (kogrevranec)