rave
English
/ɹeɪv/
noun
Definitions
- An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
- An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly club drug use.
- (music genre) The genres of electronic dance music usually associated with rave parties.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English raven (wander, rave, talk like a madman) derived from Old French raver.
Origin
Old French
raver
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antirave English
- outrave English
- postrave English
- raven English
- raver English
- ravest English
- raveth English
- ravewear English
- ravey English
- reivit Finnish
- raven Dutch, Flemish
- hræfn Old English
- *roven Middle English
- raven Middle English
- ravere Middle English
- ráfa Old Norse
- raver Old French
- rava Esperanto
- ravi Esperanto
- ravo Esperanto