coven

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English covent, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman covent, cuvent, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French covent, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin conventum, from conveniō, from cum (“with”) and venio (“I come”). Doublet of convent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌ.vən/
• Rhymes: -ʌvən

Noun

coven (plural covens)

1. A formal group or assembly of witches.
2. A clique that shares common interests or activities.
   • 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, Penguin, paperback edition, page 12

     “This is a very African area”, he said as they maneuvered their way among the covens of menacing children gathered in the halls.

Derived terms

• covener, covenstead, covendom

Translations

formal group or assembly of witches

• Basque: akelarre (eu)
• Bulgarian: сбор на вещици (sbor na veštici)
• Catalan: aquelarre (ca) m
• Dutch: heksenkring (nl) m
• Finnish: noitapiiri
• French: sabbat (fr) m, coven (fr), clan (fr)
• German: Hexenzirkel m
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• Irish: coibhín m, coibhín fia-chailleach m
• Japanese: 魔女の集まり (majo no atsumari), 魔女団 (majodan)
• Norwegian: hekseforsamling c, heksemøte n, heksesabbat m
• Occitan: sabat m, chaurit m
• Russian: ша́баш (ru) m (šábaš)
• Spanish: aquelarre (es) m
• Swedish: häxcirkel c
• Ukrainian: ша́баш (uk) m (šábaš)

clique

• Dutch: kliek (nl) m
• French: clique (fr) f
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• Occitan: clica f
• Spanish: gremio (es) m

Anagrams

• vonce

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈko.βən]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈko.vən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈko.ven]

Verb

coven