raven
Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous…Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
» The raven is as black as coal.
Der Rabe ist kohlschwarz.
Ворон чёрный как уголь.
Ворон чорний як вугілля.
Meaning
7 senses(countable)Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
(uncountable)A jet-black, often glossy, colour, like that of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
Near-synonyms: ebony, onyx
(countable, historical)A flag bearing a raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1), formerly used by some Viking leaders
A flag bearing a raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1), formerly used by some Viking leaders
(historical, metonymically, uncountable)Preceded by the: Viking military power.
Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
(countable)A person, especially a man, with black hair.
(archaic, countable)Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a bird from a genus other than Corvus that resembles the raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1), especially in having black plumage; also, an imaginary black bird.
(countable, figuratively, obsolete)A person who brings bad news or makes pessimistic predictions.
- large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
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
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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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Forms
plural: ravensSynonyms
3 synonyms- large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail:Corvus corax
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
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