raven

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
2. (countable, uncountable) A jet-black color.

Adj

Of the color of the raven; jet-black.

Verb

1. (archaic, intransitive, sometimes, transitive) To obtain or seize by violence; to plunder.
2. (intransitive, sometimes, transitive) To devour with great eagerness; to feed (on something) hungrily or greedily.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To prey on with rapacity; to attack with violence in order to, or as if to, devour.
4. (intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

Concepts

corbeau

grand corbeau

proie

corvidé

pillage

rapine

corvus corax

noir comme un corbeau

cochon

corbeau ''m''

porc

Synonymes

crow

rook

gobble

devour

jackdaw

pig

🐖

gobble up

scarf out

guttle

predate

prey

pied crow

wolf

🐺

Corvus corax

glossy black

wolf down

carrion crow

common raven

bolt

eat up

plunder

rapine

spoliation

stuff

tuck away

tuck in

carnivorous bird

corbie

fress

overgorge

eat greedily

Common Raven

shining black

shovel in

garbage down

be hungry

Northern Raven

binge

black

bolt down

croaker

depredation

eagle

🦅

ebony

engorge

forage

gluttonize

gorge

guzzle

hawk

Traductions

Rabe

corvo

cuervo

corvus

raaf

Corvus corax

corvo

corb

còrb

κοράκι

kuzgun

Kolkrabe

κόρακας

corvo imperiale

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪvən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: raven

Hérité de ancien anglais: hræfn

Hérité de moyen anglais: ravene

In summary

From Middle English raven, reven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to croak, crow”).

Phrases

This raven has very short feathers on the head , throat and neck .

Ce corbeau a des plumes très courtes sur la tête, la gorge et le cou.