rave
English
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editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English raven (“to rave; talk like a madman”), from Old French raver, variant of resver, of uncertain origin. Compare rove.
Noun
editrave (countable and uncountable, plural raves)
- (informal, countable) An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
- 1989, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920-, volume 18, page 167:
- The first-night audience, yes. The first-night reviewers, not exactly. The notices have so far been mixed, only The Financial Times having delivered itself of an unequivocal rave.
- An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.
- Synonym: rave-up
- (music, uncountable) The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.
- 2009, Chrysalis Experiential Academy, Mind Harvesting, page 109:
- Maybe I wear baggies / And white socks with flip-flops / Maybe I don't like listening to rave / And I'm not on the social mountaintops
Descendants
edit- → Finnish: reivit (pl)
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Verb
editrave (third-person singular simple present raves, present participle raving, simple past and past participle raved)
- (intransitive) To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
- 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv, page 1:
- Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 13, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Killiecrankie.
- (intransitive) To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- "She is in trance. Your daughter, sir, is a powerful medium." "A medium! You are raving."
- (intransitive, followed by "about", "of" or (formerly) "on") To talk with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
- He raved about her beauty.
- 1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: Printed for John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza LXII:
- The hallowed scene / Which others rave on, though they know it not.
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- “A beautiful country!”
“I suppose it is. Everybody says so.”
“Your cousin Feenix raves about it, Edith,” interposed her mother from her couch.
- (obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.[1]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Under a mightie rocke, gainst which do rave
The roaring billowes in their proud disdaine
- (intransitive) To attend a rave (dance party).
- 2021, Samantha Durbin, Raver Girl: Coming of Age in the 90s:
- The situation with Tommy's parents made me grateful my parents hadn't caught on to my partying that summer. How had I gotten away with raving every weekend, and sometimes on Thursday nights too?
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edit- → Finnish: reivata
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editEtymology 2
editEnglish dialect raves, or rathes (“a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.”).
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Noun
editrave (plural raves)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.[2]
Etymology 3
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References
edit- ^ “rave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “rave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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editCatalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Catalan rave, from Latin raphănus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos).[1] The medieval plural ravens (with retention of etymological /n/) survives in western Catalan dialects and Valencian.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrave m (plural raves or ravens)
- radish
- (figurative) trifle (thing of little importance or worth)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “rave”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- ^ “rave” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “rave” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rave” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Danish
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editrave (imperative rav, infinitive at rave, present tense raver, past tense ravede, perfect tense har ravet)
Dutch
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editNoun
editrave m (plural raves, diminutive raveje n)
- rave (electronic dance party)
- Kom je vanavond naar de rave in het bos? ― Are you coming to the rave in the forest tonight?
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editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editrave
- inflection of raven:
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editFrench
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Franco-Provençal râva.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrave m (plural raves)
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editrave m (plural raves)
- rave party
- Synonym: rave party
Further reading
edit- “rave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈraː.u̯e/, [ˈräːu̯ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈra.ve/, [ˈräːve]
Adjective
editrāve
References
edit- rave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English
editNoun
editrave
- Alternative form of reif
Portuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English rave.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editrave f (plural raves)
- rave (party)
Hypernyms
editFurther reading
edit- “rave”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “rave”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English rave.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrave f (plural raves)
- rave (party)
Usage notes
editAccording to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Swedish
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editNoun
editrave n
- rave (all-night dance party with electronic music, or the associated culture)
- Synonym: (rave party) raveparty
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | rave | raves |
definite | ravet | ravets | |
plural | indefinite | rave | raves |
definite | raven | ravens |
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