Etymology

From Old DanishCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Danish#RZV ræf, from Old NorseCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#RZV refr, from Proto-NorseCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Norse#RZV *rebaʀCategory:Proto-Norse terms in nonstandard scripts#RÆV, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk rev, Swedish räv. The word is probably borrowed from an Iranian source, compare Digor Ossetian робас (robas, “fox”), Persian روباه (rôbâh), Sanskrit लो॒पा॒श (lopāśá).^[1] Latin vulpēs and Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx) are probably related somehow, but it may be a wanderword.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛːˀv/, [ˈʁæˀw], [ˈʁæwˀ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#RZV
• Homophone: revCategory:Danish terms with homophones#RZV

Noun

ræv c (singular definite ræven, plural indefinite ræve)Category:Danish lemmas#RZVCategory:Danish nouns#RZVCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#RZVCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#RZVCategory:Pages with entries#RÆVCategory:Pages with 3 entries#RÆV

1. (zoologyCategory:da:Zoology#RZV) fox (the species Vulpes vulpes)
2. (figuratively) fox (a sly person)

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk ræv or rauv, from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#RZV rauf (“gap, rift, hole”), Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#RZV *raubō (“rift”). Cognate with Danish røv and Swedish röv, used similarly. The noun is derived from the verb Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#RZV rjúfa (“to break, tear”), Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#RZV *reufaną (“to tear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræːv/, [ræːʋ]Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation#RZV

Noun

ræv f or m (definite singular ræva or ræven, indefinite plural ræver, definite plural rævene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#RZVCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#RZVCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#RZVCategory:Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns#RZVCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#RZVCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders#RZVCategory:Pages with entries#RÆVCategory:Pages with 3 entries#RÆV

1. (slangCategory:Norwegian Bokmål slang#RZV) arse, ass (buttocks)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræːv/, [ræːʋ]Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation#RZV

Noun

ræv f (definite singular ræva, indefinite plural ræver, definite plural rævene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#RZVCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#RZVCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#RZVCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#RZVCategory:Pages with entries#RÆVCategory:Pages with 3 entries#RÆV

1. alternative spelling of rauv (“arse”)

References

• “ræv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• vær