ravine

See also raviné

English

Ravine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: rə-vēnʹ, IPA: /rəˈviːn/, X-SAMPA: /r@"vi:n/

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

ravine (plural ravines)

1. A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 3, Lord Stranleigh Abroad^[1]:

     He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.

Derived terms

• ravine-buck
• ravined
• ravine-deer

Related terms

• ravinement

Translations

a deep narrow valley

• Armenian: ձոր (hy) (jor)
• Aromanian: arãpã (rup) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山溝 (cmn), 山沟 (cmn) (shāngōu)

• Czech: rokle (cs) f, strž (cs) f
• Danish: ravine (da) c
• Dutch: ravijn (nl) n
• Esperanto: ravino (eo)
• Finnish: rotko (fi)
• French: ravin (fr) m
• German: Schlucht (de) f
• Greek: φαράγγι (el) (farángi) n, ρεματιά (el) (rematíá) f

• Italian: canalone (it) m, burrone (it) m, gola (it) f, calanco (it) m
• Japanese: 峡谷 (ja) (きょうこく, kyōkoku)
• Korean: 협곡 (ko) (hyeopgok)
• Maori: parari (mi)
• Polish: wąwóz (pl) m, jar (pl) m
• Portuguese: ravina (pt) f, barranco (pt) m
• Romanian: ravenă (ro) f, râpă (ro) f
• Russian: овраг (ru) (ovrág) m, лощина (ru) (loščína) f, ущелье (ru) (uščél’je) n, ложбина (ru) (ložbína) f, промоина (ru) (promóina) f
• Serbo-Croatian: jaruga (sh) f
• Spanish: barranco (es) m, cañada (es) f
• Swedish: ravin (sv) c
• Ukrainian: яр (uk) (jar) m, ущелина (uk) (uščélyna) f

See also

• canyon
• gorge
• gulley, gully
• valley

Anagrams

• vainer

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ravinent, ravines

Verb

ravine

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