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Image:The Raven.jpg|thumb|right|A raven (bird).
English

Etymology 1
Old English hræfn, Old Norse hrafn

Pronunciation
AHD|r�ʹv�n, IPA|/�reɪv�n/, SAMPA|/"reIv@n/
audio|en-us-raven.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|eɪv�n

Noun
en-noun

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

Translations
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Albanian: t-|sq|korb|m|xs=Albanian
Basque: erroi
Belarusian: к��мка�
Bosnian: t-|bs|gavran|m
Breton: bran m
Bulgarian: га�ван (garvan)
Catalan: corb m
Chinese: �鸦, �� (wūy�)
Croatian: t-|hr|gavran
Czech: t+|cs|krkavec
Danish: t-|da|ravn
Dutch: t+|nl|raaf|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|korvo|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|korako|xsEsperanto
Estonian: kaaren, ronk, korp
Ewe: akpaviã
Faroese: t+|fo|ravnur|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|korppi
French: t|fr|corbeau|m
Frisian: raven
Friulian: corvat
Galician: corvo carnazal
German: t+|de|Rabe|m, t+|de|Kolkrabe|m
Greek, Ancient: κ��αξ (korax) m
Greek: t|el|κ��ακα�|m|scGrek (kórakas), t|el|κο�άκι|n|scGrek (koráki)
Hebrew: t-|he|ע�ר�|sc=Hebr
Hungarian: t+|hu|holló
Icelandic: t+|is|hrafn, t-|is|krummi
Indonesian: gagak besar
Irish: fiach dubh
Italian: t+|it|corvo|m
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Japanese: 渡�� (������, watari-garasu), 大� (�����, oo-garasu)
Kurdish: KUchar|داڵ
Latin: t-|la|corvus|m
Ladin: corf
Latvian: krauklis
Lithuanian: kranklys m
Lower Sorbian: wron, rapak
Low Saxon (Low German): Raav� m
Macedonian: гав�ан (gavran)
Maltese: t-|mt|għarab|xs=Maltese
Marathi: ड�म��ाव�ळा (dome-k�vll�)
Norwegian: t-|no|ravn
Occitan: còrb
Polish: t+|pl|kruk|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|corvo|m
Romanian: t+|ro|corb
Romansh: corv grond
Romany: kakarachi m, kakarachka f
Russian: t+|ru|во�он|m|trvoron|scCyrl
Sami: gáranas, bulddogas, garjá
Sardinian: corbu, crobu m
Scottish Gaelic: fitheach m
Serbian: гав�ан (gavran)
Slovak: t-|sk|havran|m, t-|sk|krkavec|m
Slovene: krokar m, vran m (poetically)
Spanish: t+|es|cuervo|m
Swedish: t-|sv|korp
Turkish: t+|tr|kuzgun
Ukrainian: во�он (voron), к��к (kruk)
Upper Sorbian: rapak
Welsh: t-|cy|cigfran|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|rapine; rapacity
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trans-top|prey; plunder; food obtained by violence
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Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Of the color of the raven; jet-black

#: raven curls
#: raven darkness
#: She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.

Derived terms
raven-black
raven-haired
raven standard

Translations
trans-top|of the color of the raven; jet-black
Dutch: ravezwart
French: noir comme un corbeau
Greek: κο�ακί�ιο� (korakisios) m, κο�ακί�ια (korakisia) f, κο�ακί�ιο (korakisio) n
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Italian: t-|it|corvino
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Etymology 2
From medieval French raviner 'rush, seize by force', itself from ravine 'rapine', from Latin rapina 'plundering, loot', itself from rapere 'seize, plunder, abduct'

Pronunciation
AHD|r�vʹ�n, IPA|/�ræv�n/, SAMPA|/"r{v@n/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æv�n|-æv�n

Verb
en-verb

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

Related terms
ravener
ravening
ravenous, ravenously, ravenousness

See also
Appendix:Collective nouns

References
Websters
EtymOnLine? ¹

Category:English heteronyms

Dutch

Noun
raven m plural

1. plural of raaf, the bird raven

Slovene

Adjective
raven

1. even

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