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Definition for: raven

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A raven (bird).

English

Etymology

Old English hræfn , Old Norse hrafn

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /'reɪvən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪvən

Noun

raven (plural: ravens)

  1. A large black bird, ( Corvus corax ), similar to the crow, but larger.
  2. Rapine; rapacity.
  3. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Translations

  • Albanian: korb m .
  • Basque: erroi
  • Belarusian: крумкач
  • Bosnian: gavran m .
  • Breton: bran m .
  • Bulgarian: гарван (garvan)
  • Catalan: corb m .
  • Chinese: 乌鸦, 烏鴉 (wūyā)
  • Croatian: gavran
  • Czech: krkavec
  • Danish: ravn
  • Dutch: raaf m .
  • Esperanto: korvo, korako
  • Estonian: kaaren, ronk, korp
  • Faroese: ravnur
  • Finnish: korppi
  • French: corbeau m .
  • Frisian: raven
  • Friulian: corvat
  • Galician: corvo carnazal
  • German: Rabe m . , Kolkrabe m .
  • Greek, Ancient: κόραξ (korax)
  • Greek, Modern: κοράκι (koraki)
  • Hebrew: עורב
  • Hungarian: holló
  • Icelandic: hrafn, krummi
  • Indonesian: gagak besar
  • Irish: fiach dubh
  • Italian: corvo
  • Japanese: 渡り鴉 (ワタリガラス, watari-garasu), 大鴉 (オオガラス, oo-garasu)
  • Latin: corvus m .
  • Ladin: corf
  • Latvian: krauklis
  • Lithuanian: kranklys m .
  • Lower Sorbian: wron, rapak
  • Low Saxon (“Low German”): Raav’ m .
  • Macedonian: гавран (gavran)
  • Maltese: għarab
  • Marathi: डोमेकाव्ळा (dome-kāvllā)
  • Norwegian: ravn
  • Occitan: còrb
  • Polish: kruk m .
  • Portuguese: corvo m .
  • Romanian: corb
  • Romansh: corv grond
  • Romany: kakarachi m . , kakarachka f .
  • Russian: ворон (voron)
  • Sami: gáranas, bulddogas, garjá
  • Sardinian: corbu, crobu m .
  • Scottish: fitheach
  • Serbian: гавран (gavran)
  • Slovak: havran m . , krkavec m .
  • Slovene: krokar m . , vran m . (poetically)
  • Spanish: cuervo m .
  • Swedish: korp
  • Turkish: kuzgun
  • Ukrainian: ворон (voron), крук (kruk)
  • Upper Sorbian: rapak
  • Welsh: cigfran

Adjective

raven

  1. Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
    She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.

Verb

to raven

  1. To obtain or seize by violence.
  2. To devour with great eagerness.
  3. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

See also

Appendix: Collective nouns


Dutch

Noun

raven m, pl

  1. plural of raaf

Slovenian

Adjective

raven

  1. even

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