"coven" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌv.ən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coven.wav [Southern-England] Forms: covens [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌvən Etymology: From Middle English covent, from Anglo-Norman covent, cuvent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventum, from conveniō, from cum (“with”) and venio (“I come”). Doublet of convent. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|covent}} Middle English covent, {{der|en|xno|covent|covent, cuvent}} Anglo-Norman covent, cuvent, {{der|en|fro|covent}} Old French covent, {{der|en|la|conventum}} Latin conventum, {{m|la|conveniō}} conveniō, {{m|la|cum||with}} cum (“with”), {{m|la|venio||I come}} venio (“I come”), {{doublet|en|convent}} Doublet of convent Head templates: {{en-noun}} coven (plural covens)
  1. A formal group or assembly of witches. Translations (formal group or assembly of witches): akelarre (Basque), сбор на вещици (sbor na veštici) (Bulgarian), aquelarre [masculine] (Catalan), čarodějnický sabat [masculine] (Czech), heksenkring [masculine] (Dutch), noitapiiri (Finnish), sabbat [masculine] (French), coven (French), clan (French), Hexenzirkel [masculine] (German), coibhín [masculine] (Irish), coibhín fia-chailleach [masculine] (Irish), 魔女の集まり (majo no atsumari) (Japanese), 魔女団 (majodan) (Japanese), hekseforsamling [common-gender] (Norwegian), heksemøte [neuter] (Norwegian), heksesabbat [masculine] (Norwegian), sabat [masculine] (Occitan), chaurit [masculine] (Occitan), conventículo [feminine] (Portuguese), ша́баш (šábaš) [masculine] (Russian), aquelarre [masculine] (Spanish), häxcirkel [common-gender] (Swedish), ша́баш (šábaš) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-coven-en-noun-cPgSV~hT Disambiguation of 'formal group or assembly of witches': 87 11 2
  2. A family, group or assembly of vampires.
    Sense id: en-coven-en-noun-~~libgXr
  3. A clique that shares common interests or activities. Categories (topical): Collectives, Paganism, Wicca Translations (clique): kliek [masculine] (Dutch), clique [feminine] (French), clica [feminine] (Occitan), gremio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-coven-en-noun-fREHE-fk Disambiguation of Collectives: 12 24 64 Disambiguation of Paganism: 23 12 64 Disambiguation of Wicca: 21 10 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 6 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 6 72 Disambiguation of 'clique': 8 5 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: covener, covenstead, covendom

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "majodan",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "word": "魔女団"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hekseforsamling"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "heksemøte"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heksesabbat"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sabat"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chaurit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conventículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šábaš",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ша́баш"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aquelarre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "häxcirkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šábaš",
      "sense": "formal group or assembly of witches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ша́баш"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "clique",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kliek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "clique",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clique"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "clique",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clique",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gremio"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "coven"
  ],
  "word": "coven"
}

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