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Revision as of 07:05, 14 September 2010
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English
Pronunciation
- enPR: rāʹvən, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈreɪvən/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:SAMPA
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-raven.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "eɪvən" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Etymology 1
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hræfn, from Template:proto (cf. (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) raaf, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) Rabe, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish ravn), from Template:proto (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Irish crú 'raven', (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) corbus 'crow', (deprecated template usage) corvus 'raven', (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian krauklys 'crow', (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Polish kruk 'raven', (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek korṓnē 'crow', (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit karaţa, karāva 'crow'), from *ḱer, ḱor (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) crepare 'to creak, crack', (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian (deprecated template usage) kraukia 'it croaks', (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit kṛpate 'he laments, implores').
Noun
raven (plural ravens)
- A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
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Adjective
raven (not comparable)
- Of the color of the raven; jet-black
- raven curls
- raven darkness
- She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
From medieval French raviner 'rush, seize by force', itself from ravine 'rapine', from Latin rapina 'plundering, loot', itself from rapere 'seize, plunder, abduct'
Pronunciation
- enPR: răvʹən, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈrævən/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:SAMPA
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ævən" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Noun
raven (plural ravens)
Translations
Verb
raven (third-person singular simple present ravens, present participle ravening, simple past and past participle ravened)
- (archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
- To devour with great eagerness.
- To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
- The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly ravens to catch a rodent
Related terms
See also
Appendix:English collective nouns
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “raven”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [1]
Anagrams
Dutch
Verb
raven
Conjugation
Conjugation of raven (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | raven | |||
past singular | ravede | |||
past participle | geraved | |||
infinitive | raven | |||
gerund | raven n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | rave | ravede | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | ravet, rave2 | ravede | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | ravet | ravede | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | ravet | ravede | ||
3rd person singular | ravet | ravede | ||
plural | raven | raveden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | rave | ravede | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | raven | raveden | ||
imperative sing. | rave | |||
imperative plur.1 | ravet | |||
participles | ravend | geraved | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Noun
raven
Anagrams
Slovene
Adjective
raven
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Danish
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English verbs
- English adjectives ending in -en
- English heteronyms
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch verbs
- Dutch weak verbs
- Dutch basic verbs
- Birds
- Slovene adjectives