raven

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English raven, reven (“raven (Corvus corax); carrion crow (Corvus corone); rook (Corvus frugilegus) (?); the constellation Corvus; gall nuts of the Aleppo oak (Quercus infectoria) used to make black ink”), from Old English hræfn (“raven”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn (“raven”), from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep- (“to crackle; to rattle”) or *ḱer- (“to croak, crow”), probably ultimately onomatopoeic, referring to the bird’s call. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: rāʹvən, (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪvn̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪvən/ Rhymes: -eɪvən Hyphenation: rav‧en ==== Noun ==== raven (countable and uncountable, plural ravens) (countable) Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax). Hypernyms: bird, corvid (uncountable) A jet-black, often glossy, colour, like that of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1 sense 1). Near-synonyms: ebony, onyx (archaic, countable) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a bird from a genus other than Corvus that resembles the raven (etymology 1 sense 1), especially in having black plumage; also, an imaginary black bird. (historical, countable) A flag bearing a raven (etymology 1 sense 1), formerly used by some Viking leaders (uncountable, metonymic) preceded by the: Viking military power. (chiefly fiction, countable) A person, especially a man, with black hair. Coordinate term: (rare) ravenette (countable, figurative, obsolete) A person who brings bad news or makes pessimistic predictions. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== unkindness (“collective noun for ravens”) ==== Adjective ==== raven (not comparable) (chiefly of hair) Of the jet-black and often glossy colour of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1). Near-synonyms: ebony, onyx raven curls    raven darkness ===== Derived terms ===== raven-black raven-haired ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === A variant of ravin, from Middle English ravin, ravine, raven (noun). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹæv(ɪ)n/ enPR: răvʹən, (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹæv(ə)n/ Rhymes: -ævɪn, -ævən Hyphenation: rav‧in ==== Noun ==== raven (uncountable) Alternative spelling of ravin. ==== Adjective ==== raven (comparative more raven, superlative most raven) (obsolete) Alternative spelling of ravin. ==== Verb ==== raven (third-person singular simple present ravens, present participle ravening, simple past and past participle ravened) Alternative spelling of ravin. (transitive) (archaic) Sometimes followed by away or from: to obtain or seize (something, especially property) by force or violence; to plunder. (archaic) Sometimes followed by down, up, or (obsolete) in: to eat (something, such as food or prey) greedily; to devour, to wolf down. (figurative) To absorb or take in (something, such as information) greedily; also, to approach or pounce on (someone) like prey. (intransitive) Followed by about, after, or for: to go after or seek for something, especially booty or spoils; to maraud, to plunder; also (generally), to move about wildly and cause damage; to rampage. To eat greedily; also, followed by on or upon: of an animal: to prey on. Sometimes followed by about or on: to move about searching for food or prey ravenously. Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a ravenous appetite or craving for food or prey. Originally followed by with: to experience great hunger; to be ravenous. (figurative) To take and exploit or make use of greedily. (figurative) Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a strong craving or desire for, or to do, something; to crave, to desire, to yearn. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== ravener ravening (adjective, noun) ravenous ravenously ravenousness === References === === Further reading === common raven on Wikipedia.Wikipedia raven on Wikipedia.Wikipedia raven (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Verna == Dutch == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English rave. By surface analysis, rave +‎ -en. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈreː.və(n)/ ==== Verb ==== raven to (hold a) rave, to party wildly Raven is leven. ― To rave is to live. ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === Original form of raaf which represents a rebracketing of this form and which existed alongside it since (late) Middle Dutch. The singular raven persisted in some dialects until at least the 18th century. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈraːvə(n)/ Rhymes: -aːvən ==== Noun ==== raven m (plural ravens or ravenen, diminutive raventje n) obsolete form of raaf === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈraːvə(n)/ Rhymes: -aːvən ==== Noun ==== raven plural of raaf === Anagrams === ervan, varen == German == === Etymology === From Rave +‎ -en, possibly after English (to) rave. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʁɛɪ̯vn̩/ === Verb === raven (weak, third-person singular present ravt, past tense ravte, past participle geravt, auxiliary haben) (or as past participle: geraved) (colloquial) to rave (to attend a rave) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Rave Raver === Further reading === “raven” in Duden online “raven”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch ravan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn. === Noun === rāven m raven ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== rāvene rāve ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: raaf, (all obsolete) raef, raven, raaven, raevenAfrikaans: raaf→ Sranan Tongo: rafru Limburgish: raof === Further reading === “raven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “raven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Slovene == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *orvьnъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ràːʋən/ === Adjective === rávən (comparative rávnejši, superlative nȁjrávnejši) even, level ==== Declension ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== ravȃn (archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== rávnost === Further reading === “raven”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “raven”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references == Swedish == === Noun === raven definite plural of rave