التي في فئةENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* enPR: rāʹvən, IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪvən/
* Rhymes: -eɪvən
- enPR: rāʹvən, IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪvən/
- Rhymes: -eɪvən
التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 1
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English - Etymology 1
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)
* 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
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
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)).
raven (plural ravens)
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A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
raven (not comparable)
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Of the color of the raven; jet-black
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raven curls
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raven darkness
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She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired
beauty.
التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY 2
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English - 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)
* Rapine; rapacity.
* Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
TRANSLATIONS
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
* ravener
* ravening
* ravenous, ravenously, ravenousness
From Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force”), itself from ravine (“rapine”), from
Latin rapina (“plundering, loot”), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct”).
- enPR: răvʹən, IPA(key): /ˈrævən/
- Rhymes: -ævən
raven (plural ravens)
- Rapine; rapacity.
- Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
raven (third-person
singular simple present ravens, present participle ravening, simple past and past participle ravened)
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(archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
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To devour with great eagerness.
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To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
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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.
التي في فئةENGLISH - REFERENCES
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English - References
* _Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary_, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
* “raven” in Douglas Harper, _Online Etymology Dictionary_ (2001). [1]
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* Verna
التي في فئةDUTCH - PRONUNCIATION
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Dutch - Pronunciation
* Rhymes: -aːvən
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Dutch - Anagrams
* ervan, varen
التي في فئةSLOVENE - ALTERNATIVE FORMS
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Slovene - Alternative Forms
* raván (archaic)
التي في فئةSLOVENE - PRONUNCIATION
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Slovene - Pronunciation
* IPA(key): /ˈràːʋən/
* Tonal orthography: rávən
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IPA(key): /ˈràːʋən/
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Tonal orthography: rávən
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