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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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.

Translations

bird

Albanian: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Arabic: غراب m (ghuraab), زاغ m (zaagh)
Armenian: ագռավ (hy) (agṙav)
Basque: erroi
Belarusian: крумкач
Bosnian: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "bs" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Breton: bran Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
Bulgarian: гарван (bg) (garvan)
Catalan: corb Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
Chechen: Template:tø
Chinese:
Mandarin: Template:zh-tsp, Template:zh-tsp, Template:zh-tsp
Croatian: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "hr" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Czech: krkavec (cs)
Danish: ravn
Dutch: raaf (nl) m
Esperanto: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template., Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Estonian: kaaren, ronk, korp
Ewe: akpaviã
Faroese: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template., Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template., Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Finnish: korppi (fi)
French: corbeau (fr) m
Friulian: corvat
Galician: corvo carnazal
German: Rabe (de) m, Kolkrabe (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: Template:tø

Modern: κόρακας (el) m (kórakas), κοράκι (el) n (koráki)
Hebrew: עורב
Hungarian: holló (hu)
Icelandic: hrafn (is), krummi
Indonesian: gagak besar
Irish: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template., Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Italian: corvo m
Japanese: 渡り鴉 (ワタリガラス, watari-garasu), 大鴉 (オオガラス, oo-garasu)
Kannada: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Korean: 큰까마귀 (keunkkamagwi)
Kurdish: Template:ku-Arab
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Kyrgyz: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Ladin: corf
Latin: corvus m
Latvian: krauklis
Lithuanian: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Low Saxon: Raav’ Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
Lower Sorbian: wron, rapak
Macedonian: гавран (gavran)
Maltese: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Manx: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template., Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Marathi: डोमेकाव्ळा (dome-kāvllā)
Norwegian: ravn (no)
Occitan: còrb
Old Church Slavonic: Template:tø
Old Irish: Template:tø, Template:tø, Template:tø
Persian: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Polish: kruk (pl) m
Portuguese: corvo (pt) m
Romani: kakarachi Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required., kakarachka Template:f
Romanian: corb (ro)
Romansch: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Russian: ворон (ru) m (vóron)
Sami: gáranas, bulddogas, garjá
Sardinian: corbu, crobu Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
Scottish Gaelic: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Serbian: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "sr" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Slovak: havran m, krkavec m
Slovene: krokar Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required., vran Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required. (poetically)
Spanish: cuervo (es) m
Swedish: korp (sv), ramn c
Turkish: kuzgun (tr)
Ukrainian: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template., Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
Upper Sorbian: rapak
Welsh: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.
West Frisian: Lua error: Parameter "xs" is not used by this template.

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

of the color of the raven; jet-black

Dutch: ravezwart
French: noir comme un corbeau
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Greek: κορακίσιος (korakísios)
Italian: corvino

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

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Noun

raven (plural ravens)

Rapine; rapacity.
Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Translations

rapine; rapacity

(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

prey; plunder; food obtained by violence

(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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

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

Verna

Dutch

Verb

raven

to (hold a) rave, to party wildly

Conjugation

Inflection of raven (weak)
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	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.

Noun

raven

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of raaf

Anagrams

ervan, varen

Slovene

Adjective

raven

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Contents

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Translations

Adjective

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

Verb

Related terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Dutch

Verb

Conjugation

Noun

Anagrams

Slovene

Adjective

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raven: difference between revisions

Revision as of 07:05, 14 September 2010

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Translations

Adjective

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

Verb

Related terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Dutch

Verb

Conjugation

Noun

Anagrams

Slovene

Adjective

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