raven

See also: Raven

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rāʹvən, IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪvən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪvən

Etymology 1

A raven (bird).

Wikipedia

Wikispecies From Old English hræfn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (compare Dutch raaf, German Rabe, Danish ravn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂- (compare Middle Irish crú, Latin corvus, Lithuanian šárka (“magpie”), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka ‘id.’, Ancient Greek κόραξ (kóraks)), from *ḱer, *ḱor (compare Latin crepare ‘to creak, crack’, Sanskrit kṛ́patē (kṛ́patē)).

Noun

raven (plural ravens)

1. A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

Derived terms

• Australian raven (Corvus coronoides)
• brown-necked raven (Corvus ruficollis)
• Chatham raven (Corvus moriorum)
• Chihuahuan raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)
• common raven (Corvus corax)
• dwarf raven (Corvus edithae)
• fan-tailed raven (Corvus rhipidurus)
• forest raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
• little raven (Corvus mellori)
• New Zealand raven (Corvus antipodum)
• northern raven (Corvus corax)
• pied raven
• relict raven (Corvus tasmanicus boreus)
• Somali raven (Corvus edithae)
• Tasmanian raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
• thick-billed raven (Corvus crassirostris)
• western raven (Corvus corax sinuatus)
• white-necked raven (Corvus albicollis)

Translations

bird

• Albanian: korb m
• Arabic: غُرَاب m (ḡurāb), زَاغ m (zāḡ)
• Armenian: ագռավ (hy) (agṙav)
• Aromanian: corbu
• Asturian: cuervu m
• Bashkir: ҡоҙғон (qoðğon)
• Basque: erroi (eu)
• Belarusian: крумка́ч m (krumkáč), во́ран m (vóran)
• Breton: bran (br) m
• Bulgarian: га́рван (bg) m (gárvan)
• Catalan: corb m
• Chechen: хьаргӏа (ḥarġa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏鴉 (zh), 乌鸦 (zh) (wūyā), 渡鴉 (zh), 渡鸦 (zh) (dùyā)

• Czech: krkavec (cs) m
• Danish: ravn (da)
• Dutch: raaf (nl) m
• Esperanto: korvo (eo), korako (eo)
• Estonian: kaaren, ronk, korp
• Ewe: akpaviã
• Faroese: ravnur (fo), krunkur, gorpur
• Finnish: korppi (fi)
• French: corbeau (fr) m
• Friulian: corvat
• Galician: corvo carnazal (gl) m
• Georgian: ყორანი (qorani)
• German: Rabe (de) m, Kolkrabe (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌽𐍃 m (hrabns)
• Greek: κόρακας (el) m (kórakas), κοράκι (el) n (koráki)

  Ancient: κόραξ (kóraks)

• Hebrew: עורב ('orév), עורב שחור m ('orév shakhór)
• Hungarian: holló (hu)
• Icelandic: hrafn (is) m
• Inari Sami: káránâs
• Indonesian: gagak besar
• Ingrian: korppi
• Ingush: хьаргӏа (ḥarġa)
• Irish: fiach m, fiach dubh m

  Old Irish: bran m, fïach m, trogan m

• Italian: corvo (it) m
• Japanese: 渡り鴉 (ワタリガラス, watarigarasu), 大鴉 (オオガラス, ōgarasu)
• Kannada: ಕಾರ್ಗೊರಲಕಾಗೆ (kārgoralakāge)
• Korean: 큰까마귀 (keunkkamagwi)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: داڵ (ku)

• Kyrgyz: карга (ky) (karga)
• Ladin: corf
• Latgalian: krauklis m
• Latin: corvus m

• Latvian: krauklis
• Lithuanian: kranklys (lt) m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Raav (nds) f, Roov (nds) f, Raw m

• Lule Sami: runnka, gárránis, gárjjá
• Luxembourgish: Ramm f
• Macedonian: га́вран m (gávran)
• Maltese: għarab
• Manx: feeagh m, feeagh mooar m
• Marathi: डोमेकाव्ळा (dome-kāvllā)
• Mongolian: хар хэрээ (har heree)
• Montagnais: kakatshu
• Navajo: zhį́ʼii
• Northern Sami: gáranas, bulddogas, garjá
• Norwegian: ravn (no)
• Occitan: còrb (oc) m
• Old Church Slavonic: вранъ m (vranŭ)
• Old Norse: hrafn m, korpr m
• Persian: زاغ (fa) (zâğ), کلاغ (fa) (kalâğ), غراب (fa) (ğorâb)
• Polish: kruk (pl) m
• Portuguese: corvo (pt) m
• Romani: kakarachi m, kakarachka f
• Romanian: corb (ro)
• Romansch: corv grond, corv m
• Russian: во́рон (ru) m (vóron)
• Sardinian: corbu, crobu m, corvu, colbu, colvu
• Scots: corbie
• Scottish Gaelic: fitheach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гавран f

  Roman: gavran (sh) f

• Skolt Sami: käärnõs
• Slovak: havran m, krkavec m
• Slovene: krokar (sl) m, vran (sl) m (poetic)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wron m, grampak m

  Upper Sorbian: rapak m

• Southern Sami: gaarenasse, krungke
• Spanish: cuervo (es) m
• Swedish: korp (sv)
• Tlingit: yéil
• Turkish: kuzgun (tr)
• Ukrainian: во́рон m (vóron), крук m (kruk)
• Unami: winkeòhkwèt
• Vilamovian: row
• Volapük: (♂♀) rab (vo), (♂) hirab, (♀) jirab, (♂♀ offspring) rabül, (♂ offspring) hirabül, (♀ offspring) jirabül
• Votic: ronka
• Welsh: cigfran
• West Frisian: raven c

Adjective

raven (not comparable)

1. Of the color of the raven; jet-black

   raven curls

   raven darkness

   She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.

Derived terms

terms derived from raven

nonraven raven-black raven-haired ravenhood

raven standard

Translations

of the color of the raven; jet-black

• Dutch: ravezwart
• Esperanto: korva
• French: noir comme un corbeau
• German: rabenschwarz
• Greek: κορακίσιος (korakísios), κορακί (korakí)

• Italian: corvino
• Norwegian: ravnsort, ravnsvart
• Romanian: corbiu (ro)
• Swedish: korpsvart, ramsvart (sv)
• Volapük: rabablägik

Etymology 2

From Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force”), itself from ravine (“rapine”), from Latin rapina (“plundering, loot”), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: răvʹən, IPA^(key): /ˈrævən/
• Rhymes: -ævən

Alternative forms

• ravin, ravine

Noun

raven (plural ravens)

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

Translations

rapine; rapacity

• Portuguese: rapina (pt) f, voraz (pt) m, f

• Romanian: rapacitate (ro) f

prey; plunder; food obtained by violence

• German: Beute (de) f

• Romanian: pradă (ro) f

Verb

raven (third-person singular simple present ravens, present participle ravening, simple past and past participle ravened)

1. (archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
2. To devour with great eagerness.
3. 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

• ravener
• ravening
• ravenous, ravenously, ravenousness

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• “raven” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001). [1]

Anagrams

• Verna

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːvən

Verb

raven (past singular ravede, past participle geraved)

1. to (hold a) rave, to party wildly

Conjugation

Conjugation of raven (weak)

infinitive	raven
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	rave	ravede
2nd person singular	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

1. Plural form of raaf

Anagrams

• ervan, varen

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Slovene

Alternative forms

• raván (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈràːʋən/
• Tonal orthography: rávən

Adjective

ráven (comparative rávnejši, superlative nàjrávnejši)

1. even, level

Declension

Declension of ráven (hard)

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ráven ind rávni def	rávna	rávno
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	rávno	rávno
genitive	rávnega	rávne	rávnega
dative	rávnemu	rávni	rávnemu
locative	rávnem	rávni	rávnem
instrumental	rávnim	rávno	rávnim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rávna	rávni	rávni
accusative	rávna	rávni	rávni
genitive	rávnih	rávnih	rávnih
dative	rávnima	rávnima	rávnima
locative	rávnih	rávnih	rávnih
instrumental	rávnima	rávnima	rávnima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rávni	rávne	rávna
accusative	rávne	rávne	rávna
genitive	rávnih	rávnih	rávnih
dative	rávnim	rávnim	rávnim
locative	rávnih	rávnih	rávnih
instrumental	rávnimi	rávnimi	rávnimi