raw

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English

Etymology

Old English hrēaw, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kreuh₂. Cognate with German roh, Dutch rauw, Swedish rå, Danish rå; and with Russian кровь (“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood”), Irish cró (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹɔː/

Rhymes: -ɔː

• (US) IPA: /ɹɔ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ɹɑ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: roar (in non-rhotic accents)

Adjective

raw (comparative rawer, superlative rawest)

1. Of food: not cooked. [from 9th c.]
2. Not treated or processed (of materials, products etc.); in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. [from 10th c.]

   raw cane sugar

   raw sewage

3. Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated. [from 14th c.]

   a raw wound

4. New or inexperienced. [from 16th c.]

   a raw beginner

5. Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated. [from 16th c.]

   a raw voice

6. Of data, statistics etc: uncorrected, without analysis. [from 20th c.]
   • 2010, "Under the volcano", The Economist, 16 Oct 2010:

     What makes Mexico worrying is not just the raw numbers but the power of the cartels over society.

7. (slang) without a condom

   We did it raw.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:raw

Translations

uncooked

Albanian: gjallë Arabic: نيء (næi’) m. Armenian: հում (hy) (hum) Aromanian: crud Catalan: cru Chamicuro: s̈hoyi Chinese: 生的 (shēngde) Croatian: sirov (hr) Czech: syrový (cs) m. Dalmatian: croit Danish: rå (da) Dutch: rauw, rauwe, rauw (nl) Finnish: raaka (fi) French: cru (fr) German: roh (de) Greek: ωμός (el) (omós) m., άψητος (el) (ápsitos) m., αμαγείρευτος (el) (amageíreftos) m. Hawaiian: maka Hebrew: נא (he), חי (he) (khai) Hungarian: nyers (hu) Icelandic: hrár (is), óunninn (is) Indonesian: mentah (id)

Italian: crudo (it) Japanese: 生の (なまの, nama no) Korean: 날것의 (nalgeos-ui) Kurdish: Kurmanji: xav (ku) Sorani: خاو (ku) (xaw), xaw (ku) Latgalian: zaļš m. Latin: crudus (la) Latvian: jēls (lv) m. Lithuanian: žalias (lt) m. Luxembourgish: réi (lb) Malay: mentah (ms) Maori: mata (mi) Pitjantjatjara: wanka Portuguese: cru (pt), crua (pt) f. Romanian: crud (ro) Russian: сырой (ru) (syrój) Spanish: crudo (es) Swedish: rå (sv) Telugu: పచ్చి (pacchi) Warlpiri: wanka

untreated

Armenian: չմշակված (hy) (čmšakvaç) Czech: surový (cs) m. Dutch: ruw (nl), ruwe (nl) Finnish: käsittelemätön French: brut (fr) Greek: ακατέργαστος (el) (akatérgastos) m., ανεπεξέργαστος (el) (anepeksérgastos) m.

Indonesian: mentah (id) Italian: grezzo (it), non raffinatato (it), naturale (it) Russian: необработанный (ru) (neobrabótannyj) Spanish: crudo (es) Telugu: ముడి (muDi)

inexperienced

Dutch: pril (nl), prille (nl) Greek: ανεκπαίδευτος (el) (anekpaídeftos) m., πρωτόπειρος (el) (protópeiros) m.

Italian: vergine (it) Russian: неопытный (ru) (neópytnyj)

irritated

Greek: γδαρμένος (el) (gdarménos) m.

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