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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English raven (“to rave; talk like a madman”), from Old French raver, variant of resver, of uncertain origin. Compare rave below, and rove.

Noun

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rave (countable and uncountable, plural raves)

  1. (informal, countable) An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
    It was the critic's rave that made me want to see the show.
    Synonym: raving review
    • 1989, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920-, volume 18, page 167:
      The first-night audience, yes. The first-night reviewers, not exactly. The notices have so far been mixed, only The Financial Times having delivered itself of an unequivocal rave.
  2. A large-scale dance party with strobe lights and fast-paced electronic dance music, often illegally organized open-air or in underground venues.
    She has attended a rave every weekend this month.
    Synonym: rave-up
  3. (music, uncountable) The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.
    I danced to rave music all night.
    • 2009, Chrysalis Experiential Academy, Mind Harvesting, page 109:
      Maybe I wear baggies / And white socks with flip-flops / Maybe I don't like listening to rave / And I'm not on the social mountaintops
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  • → Finnish: reivit (pl)
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Verb

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rave (third-person singular simple present raves, present participle raving, simple past and past participle raved)

  1. (intransitive) To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
  2. (intransitive) To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
    Synonym: rant
  3. (intransitive, followed by "about", "of", "for", "against" or (formerly) "on") To talk or otherwise express oneself with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
    He raved about her beauty.
  4. (transitive) To speak (a message) with intense enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
    She raved that she must seek revenge against the wrongdoers.
    • 1985, Helen Epstein, Tina Packer Builds a Theatre‎[2], Plunkett Lake Press:
      The Berkeley Courier critic, an Englishwoman, raved: "A new company has started up in our midst, and they provided me last Saturday evening with the best theatrical experience I have had in a very long time, maybe ever..."
    • 1923 September, Harley P. Lathrop, McClure's Magazine‎[3], S.S. McClure, page 28:
      "Paloma, Paloma!" raved a delirious backer. "Paloma for a thousand!"
    • 1909, The Word‎[4], volume 9, Theosophical Publishing Company, page 127:
      some-times she raved that she cared nought for the future happiness of Ram Ruoy and would not go.
  5. (obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.[1]
  6. (intransitive) To attend a rave (dance party).
    • 2021, Samantha Durbin, Raver Girl: Coming of Age in the 90s:
      The situation with Tommy's parents made me grateful my parents hadn't caught on to my partying that summer. How had I gotten away with raving every weekend, and sometimes on Thursday nights too?
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Etymology 2

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From northern Middle English raven, from Old Norse ráfa (“to wander, roam”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Perhaps from a dissimilation of Proto-Germanic *wab(b)ōną (“to sway, waver, swing, shake, wobble, totter, reel, careen”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to move, swarm, waft”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk rava (“to wander, be delirious”). Doublet of rove.

Compare also Middle Dutch reven (“to utter nonsense, rave, be drowsy”) (whence modern Dutch revelen (“to rave, talk nonsense”), Middle Low German rēven (“to be crazy, think and talk nonsensically”), Middle High German reben (“to move about, dream, be confused”) (compare Alemannic German räbeln (“to make loud noise”)).

Verb

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rave (third-person singular simple present raves, present participle raving, simple past and past participle raved)

  1. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland, Newfoundland) To wander or roam.
  2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland, Newfoundland) To stray or err.

Etymology 3

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English dialect raves, or rathes (“a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.”).

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Noun

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rave (plural raves)

  1. One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.[2]
    • 1851, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 3, page 519:
      It was astonishing to see how he had gnawed the rave of the sled.
    • 1875, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 345:
      The main lever rests upon the rave when not in use.
    • 1891, Milton Thomas Richardson, Practical Blacksmithing, page 192:
      Next I weld a collar on, A, to keep the brake in place when on the sled; then make a two-eyed bolt to fasten the brake to the rave.
    • 1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, page 212:
      The superstructure of the tender is modified by the removal of the side raves, and compartments for the fire-irons are formed on each side of the coal bunker.

Etymology 4

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Verb

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rave

  1. (obsolete) simple past of rive

References

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  1. ^ “rave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  2. ^ “rave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan rave, from Latin raphănus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos).[1] The medieval plural ravens (with retention of etymological /n/) survives in western Catalan dialects and Valencian.[2]

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Noun

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rave m (plural raves or ravens)

  1. radish
  2. (figurative) trifle (thing of little importance or worth)

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References

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  1. ^ “rave”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
  2. ^ Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “rave”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /raːvə/, [ˈʁɑːwə]

Verb

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rave (imperative rav, infinitive at rave, present tense raver, past tense ravede, perfect tense har ravet)

  1. reel
  2. stagger, totter, lurch

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English rave.

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rave m (plural raves, diminutive raveje n)

  1. rave (electronic dance party)
    Kom je vanavond naar de rave in het bos? ― Are you coming to the rave in the forest tonight?
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb

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rave

  1. inflection of raven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
    4. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

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French

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Etymology 1

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From Middle French rave (14th c.), from Franco-Provençal râva, from Latin rāpum. Compare the inherited Old French form reve (12th c.).

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rave f (plural raves)

  1. beet, turnip
  2. (mining) miner's lamp

Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from English rave.

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    Noun

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    rave m (plural raves)

    1. rave party
      Synonym: rave party

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    Latin

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    Adjective

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    rāve

    1. vocative masculine singular of rāvus

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    Middle English

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    Noun

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    rave

    1. alternative form of reif

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing from English rave.

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      rave f (plural raves)

      1. rave (party)
        Hypernym: festa

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      Spanish

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      Etymology

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        Unadapted borrowing from English rave.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈreif/ [ˈrei̯f], [ˈrei̯v]
        • IPA(key): /ˈrabe/ [ˈra.β̞e]
          • Rhymes: -abe
          • Syllabification: ra‧ve

        Noun

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        rave m or f same meaning (plural raves)

        1. rave (party)

        Usage notes

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        • According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

        References

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        1. ^ Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “rave”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
        2. ^ “v”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN

        Swedish

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        Noun

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        rave n

        1. rave (all-night dance party with electronic music, or the associated culture)
          Synonym: (rave party) raveparty

        Declension

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        Declension of rave
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite rave raves
        definite ravet ravets
        plural indefinite rave raves
        definite raven ravens
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        Noun

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        rave

        1. plural of rava
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