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ravine.

a small ravine or gully

6 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a small ravine or gully

    feminine

  2. beginning of a furrowing or formation of a ravine

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From the Old French verb raviner (“flow with force; sweep down; pillage, cascade”), or from the noun ravine, raveine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna. Doublet of rapine, a borrowing from the same Latin term.

verb

  1. inflection of raviner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of raviner: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

From the Old French verb raviner (“flow with force; sweep down; pillage, cascade”), or from the noun ravine, raveine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna. Doublet of rapine, a borrowing from the same Latin term.

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