ravina

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ravinas, ravinât

Verb

ravina

1. third-person singular past historic of raviner

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

Noun

ravina

1. leaf

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French ravine (“ravine”). Doublet of rapina.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈvĩ.nɐ/ [haˈvĩ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈvĩ.nɐ/ [haˈvĩ.nɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈvĩ.nɐ/ [χaˈvĩ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈvi.na/ [haˈvi.na]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈvi.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈvi.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbi.nɐ/ [ʁɐˈβi.nɐ]

• Hyphenation: ra‧vi‧na

Noun

ravina f (plural ravinas)

1. (geology) gorge; ravine (a deep narrow valley)

   Synonyms: desfiladeiro, garganta, passo

2. (geology) gully (channel which was worn by water flow)

   Synonyms: barranco, voçoroca

Related terms

• ravinamento

Further reading

• “ravina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ravina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026