different between hobby vs revel

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?bi
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?.bi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?.bi/

Etymology 1

Shortened from hobby-horse, from Middle English hoby, hobyn, hobin (“small horse, pony”), from Old French hobi, *haubi, haubby, hobin ("a nag, hobby"; > Modern French aubin, Italian ubino), of Germanic origin: from Old French hober, ober (“to stir, move”), from Old Dutch hobben (“to toss, move up and down”); or from North Germanic origin related to Danish hoppe (“a mare”), Old Swedish hoppa (“a young mare”), North Frisian hoppe (“horse”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hupp?n? (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”). More at hop, hobble.

The meaning of hobby-horse shifted from "small horse, pony" to "child's toy riding horse" to "favorite pastime or avocation" with the connecting notion being "activity that doesn't go anywhere". Possibly originally from a proper name for a horse, a diminutive of Robert or Robin (compare dobbin).

Noun

hobby (plural hobbies)

1. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

2. (equestrianism) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby

Synonyms

• (activity done for enjoyment in spare time): avocation, pastime; See also Thesaurus:hobby

Derived terms

• hobbyist (noun)

Related terms

• hobbyhorse (noun)
• hobelar/hobeler

Descendants

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old French hobet, from Medieval Latin hop?tus, diminutive of harpe.

Noun

hobby (plural hobbies)

1. Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.
   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, page 323:

     He hawked – from nearby Esher, Richard Fox sent a servant with a hobby, which Henry received enthusiastically – and hunted, sending a present of freshly slaughtered deer to Princess Mary.

Derived terms

• African hobby, Falco cuvierii
• Australian hobby, Falco longipennis
• Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
• Oriental hobby, Falco severus

Translations

See also

• hobby lantern

Catalan

Etymology

From English hobby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?bi/, [?h??i]

Noun

hobby m (plural hobbies)

1. hobby

   Synonym: passatemps

References

Further reading

• “hobby” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “hobby” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Noun

hobby n

1. hobby (activity)

Danish

Etymology

From English hobby.

Noun

hobby c (singular definite hobbyen, plural indefinite hobbyer)

1. hobby (activity)

Inflection

Synonyms

• fritidsinteresse

Further reading

• “hobby” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From English hobby.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hob?by

Noun

hobby m (plural hobby's, diminutive hobby'tje n)

1. hobby (activity)

Synonyms

• liefhebberij

Finnish

Noun

hobby

1. (nonstandard) hobby (activity)

Declension

Synonyms

• harrastus

French

Etymology

From English hobby.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /?.bi/

Noun

hobby m (plural hobbies or hobbys)

1. hobby (activity)

Synonyms

• passe-temps

Further reading

• “hobby” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

hobby

1. hobby (activity)

Italian

Etymology

From English hobby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b.bi/

Noun

hobby m (invariable)

1. hobby (activity)

Related terms

• hobbysto
• hobbystico

Further reading

• hobby in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English hobby.

Noun

hobby m (definite singular hobbyen, indefinite plural hobbyer, definite plural hobbyene)

1. a hobby (leisure activity)

References

• “hobby” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English hobby.

Noun

hobby m (definite singular hobbyen, indefinite plural hobbyar, definite plural hobbyane)

1. a hobby (leisure activity)

References

• “hobby” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hobby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?x?b.b?i/, /?x?b.b?/

Noun

hobby n (indeclinable)

1. hobby (activity)

Synonyms

• pasja
• konik
• zami?owanie

Related terms

• hobbista
• hobbistka
• hobbysta
• hobbystka
• hobbistyczny
• hobbystyczny
• hobbistycznie
• hobbystycznie

Further reading

• hobby in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hobby.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?h?.bi/

Noun

hobby m (plural hobbies)

1. hobby (an activity that one enjoys doing in one’s spare time)

   Synonym: passatempo

Further reading

• “hobby” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English hobby.

Noun

hobby n (plural hobby-uri)

1. hobby

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From English hobby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xobi/, [?xo.??i]

Noun

hobby m (plural hobbys)

1. hobby (activity)

Further reading

• “hobby” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From English hobby.

Noun

hobby c

1. hobby (activity)

Further reading

• hobby in Svensk ordbok.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: r?v?-?l, IPA^(key): /???v.?l/
• Rhymes: -?v?l

Noun

revel (plural revels)

1. An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
   • "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"

2. A kind of dance.
3. A wake for the dead.

Derived terms

• revelry

Translations

Verb

revel (third-person singular simple present revels, present participle revelling or reveling, simple past and past participle revelled or reveled)

1. To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
   • 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:

     If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.

2. To take delight (in something).
   • 1997, The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart

     Slowing down doesn't have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are.

Synonyms

• (make merry): carouse, celebrate

Derived terms

• reveller/reveler

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin revellere; re- + vellere (“to pluck, pull”).

Verb

revel (third-person singular simple present revels, present participle revelling, simple past and past participle revelled)

1. (obsolete) To draw back; to retract.

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Noun

revel (plural revels)

1. (architecture) Alternative form of reveal

Anagrams

• Lever, elver, lever

Breton

Etymology

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Alternative forms

• reizhel

Adjective

revel

1. sexual

References

• "revel" in TermOfis, Office Public de la Langue Bretonne

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French revel, from reveler.

Alternative forms

• revell, revelle, rewle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?v?l/

Noun

revel (plural reveles)

1. Joyfulness, entertainment, celebration, revelling.
2. A specific instance of revelling or joyfulness.
3. (rare, Late Middle English) Chaos, disorder.

Related terms

• revelen
• revelour
• revelyng

Descendants

• English: revel

References

• “revel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.

Etymology 2

Verb

revel

1. Alternative form of revelen (“to revel”)