"ravine" meaning in French

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Noun

Forms: ravines [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{inh|fr|la|rapīna}} Latin rapīna, {{doublet|fr|rapine}} Doublet of rapine Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} ravine f (plural ravines)
  1. a small ravine or gully Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-ravine-fr-noun-6~M5oi~A
  2. beginning of a furrowing or formation of a ravine Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-ravine-fr-noun-NgUAph3S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ravin, raviner, ravinement

Verb

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{inh|fr|la|rapīna}} Latin rapīna, {{doublet|fr|rapine}} Doublet of rapine Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} ravine
  1. inflection of raviner:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: raviner Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-ravine-fr-verb-plQe7ZjM Disambiguation of Landforms: 11 13 57 18 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 8 27 5 6 42 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 27 3 4 49 8 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 15 53 23
  2. inflection of raviner:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: raviner
    Sense id: en-ravine-fr-verb-TANlkzqX
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