rave

Meaning

1. (masculine) radish
2. (figuratively, masculine) trifle (thing of little importance or worth)

Concepts

radish

daikon

damn

darn

hoot

horseradish

rave

red cent

shit

💩

shucks

tinker’s damn

Raphanus sativus

black radish

tinker’s dam

Synonyms

ravenera

Translations

radis

ravanello

rábano

Rettich

Radieschen

rabanete

rábano

radijs

فجل

ραπάνι

radijsje

raifort

rafe

rammenas

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈra.βə]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: raphănus

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan rave, from Latin raphănus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos). The medieval plural ravens (with retention of etymological /n/) survives in western Catalan dialects and Valencian.