raven
Of the jet-black and often glossy colour of the plumage of a ravenOf the jet-black and often glossy colour of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
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» The raven is as black as coal.
Der Rabe ist kohlschwarz. — Zaghawa
Ворон чёрный как уголь. — Selena777
Ворон чорний як вугілля. — deniko
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1 senses(not comparable)Of the jet-black and often glossy colour of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
Near-synonyms: ebony, onyx
raven curls raven darkness
rabenschwarz
Examples
50 sentencesThe raven is as black as coal.
Ворон чорний як вугілля. — deniko
ruВорон чёрный как уголь. — Selena777
deDer Rabe ist kohlschwarz. — Zaghawa
It isn't a crow. It's a raven.
ruЭто не ворона. Это ворон. — marafon
deDas ist keine Krähe. Das ist ein Rabe. — Adelpa
It's not a crow. It's a raven.
ruЭто не ворона, а ворон. — Wadimiy
deDas ist keine Krähe, sondern ein Rabe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
A raven is a big crow.
ruВорон - это большая ворона. — marafon
deEin Rabe ist eine große Krähe. — mhr
A raven is eating a grub.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English raven, reven (“raven (Corvus corax); carrion crow (Corvus corone); rooFrom Middle English raven, reven (“raven (Corvus corax); carrion crow (Corvus corone); rook (Corvus frugilegus) (?); the constellation Corvus; gall nuts of the Aleppo oak (Quercus infectoria) used to make black ink”), from Old English hræfn (“raven”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn (“raven”), from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep- (“to crackle; to rattle”) or *ḱer- (“to croak, crow”), probably ultimately onomatopoeic, referring to the bird’s call.
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