Raven

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Verb 1.5 Further reading 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'reɪvən/

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, 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 Portuguese: corvo 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.

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.

Further reading

• Wikipedia article about ravens

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Dutch

Noun

raven m, pl

1. plural of raaffr:raven

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