ravina
French
Pronunciation
Verb
ravina
- third-person singular past historic of raviner
Malagasy
Noun
ravina
- A leaf.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French ravine (“ravine”). Doublet of rapina.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈvĩ.nɐ/ [haˈvĩ.nɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈvĩ.nɐ/ [χaˈvĩ.nɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈvi.na/ [haˈvi.na]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐˈvi.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐˈbi.nɐ/ [ʁɐˈβi.nɐ]
- Hyphenation: ra‧vi‧na
Noun
ravina f (plural ravinas)
- (geology) gorge; ravine (a deep narrow valley)
- Synonyms: desfiladeiro, garganta, passo
- (geology) gully (channel which was worn by water flow)
Related terms
- ravinamento
Further reading
- “ravina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ravina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026