different between raff vs cavatina

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æf/

Etymology 1

From Middle English raf, from Old French raffer, of Germanic origin; compare German raffen, akin to rap (“to snatch”). Compare riffraff, rip (“to tear”).

Noun

raff (countable and uncountable, plural raffs)

1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
   • 1680, Isaac Barrow, A Discourse Concerning The Unity Of The Church

     A raff of errors.

2. The common rabble or mob; riffraff.
3. A low fellow; a churl.

Derived terms

• raff merchant

Verb

raff (third-person singular simple present raffs, present participle raffing, simple past and past participle raffed)

1. To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
   • 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall

     Causes and effects which I thus raffe up together.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• raffe
• raffie

Noun

raff (plural raffs)

1. (nautical) A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before the wind.

Anagrams

• FFAR

German

Pronunciation

Verb

raff

1. singular imperative of raffen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of raffen

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?f/

Noun

raff

1. Soft mutation of rhaff.

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “raff”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

From Italian cavatina, diminutive of cavata.

Noun

cavatina (plural cavatinas)

1. (music) An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
2. (music) A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2.

Translations

See also

• aria