ravine

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French ravin (“a gully”), from Old French raviner (“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: rə-vēnʹ, (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəˈviːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈvin/ Rhymes: -iːn Hyphenation: rav‧ine ==== Noun ==== ravine (plural ravines) A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ravinement ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== canyon gorge gulley, gully valley === Etymology 2 === See ravin. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹæv(ɪ)n/ enPR: răvʹən, (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹæv(ə)n/ Rhymes: -ævɪn, -ævən Hyphenation: rav‧ine ==== Noun ==== ravine (plural ravines) (archaic) Alternative spelling of ravin. ==== Adjective ==== ravine (comparative more ravine, superlative most ravine) Obsolete spelling of ravin. ==== Verb ==== ravine (third-person singular simple present ravines, present participle ravining, simple past and past participle ravined) (archaic) Alternative spelling of ravin. === Further reading === ravine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:ravines on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “ravine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Averni, Erivan, naiver, naïver, vainer == French == === Etymology === From the Old French verb raviner (“flow with force; sweep down; pillage, cascade”), or from the noun ravine, raveine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna. Doublet of rapine, a borrowing from the same Latin term. === Pronunciation === Homophones: ravinent, ravines === Noun === ravine f (plural ravines) a small ravine or gully beginning of a furrowing or formation of a ravine ==== Related terms ==== ravin raviner ravinement === Verb === ravine inflection of raviner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “ravine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From French ravine, from Latin rapīna. === Noun === ravine m (definite singular ravinen, indefinite plural raviner, definite plural ravinene) gully (type of ravine) === References === “ravine” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “ravine” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From French ravine, from Latin rapīna. === Noun === ravine m (definite singular ravinen, indefinite plural ravinar, definite plural ravinane) gully (type of ravine) === References === “ravine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.