rave

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rāv, IPA: /reɪv/, SAMPA: /reIv/
• Rhymes: -eɪv

Noun

rave (plural raves)

1. An enthusiastic review (e.g., a play)
2. An all night dance party filled with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.

Translations

enthusiastic review

Finnish: ylistys (fi)

Italian: critica entusiasta (it) f.

dance party

Finnish: reivit (fi) pl. Italian: orgia (it), baldoria (it), rave (it) m.

Japanese: レイブ (reibu), レイヴ (reivu)

Verb

rave (third-person singular simple present raves, present participle raving, simple past and past participle raved)

1. To speak or write wildly or incoherently
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 5.

     A production without design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning.

2. To attend a rave

Translations

to speak or write incoherently

Finnish: houria (fi), horista (fi), höpistä (fi), höpöttää (fi) Italian: delirare (it), farneticare (it)

Portuguese: devanear (pt)

to attend a rave

Finnish: reivata (fi)

See also

• rant

Anagrams

• aver, AVRE, evar, vera, Vera

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin rapum

Noun

rave m. (plural raves)

1. radish

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /raːvə/, [ˈʁɑːwə]

Verb

rave (imperative rav, infinitive at rave, present tense raver, past tense ravede, past participle har ravet)

1. reel
2. stagger, totter, lurch

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Dutch

Verb

rave

1. first-person singular present indicative of raven.
2. singular present subjunctive of raven.
3. imperative of raven.

Anagrams

• vare

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French

Etymology

From Latin rapa, plural of rāpum, used instead as a feminine singular. Compare Italian rapa.

Noun

rave m. (plural raves)

1. beet

Anagrams

• rêva

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Latin

Adjective

rāve

1. vocative masculine singular of rāvus

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Venetian

Noun

rave f.

1. Plural form of rava.