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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

Verb

rev (third-person singular simple present revs, present participle revving, simple past and past participle revved)

1. To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.

   He revved the engine in a rather macho style.

   You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.

   • 1979, Al Greenwood and Lou Gramm, "Rev on the Red Line" from Head Games:

     Two in a row, everybody knows at the green light you rev it on the red line.

Derived terms

• overrev
• revvy
• rev counter

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of revolution

Noun

rev (plural revs)

1. revolution

Etymology 3

Noun

rev (plural revs)

1. Abbreviation of reverend.

Anagrams

• ERV, VRE, ev'r, ver, ver.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribj? (“rib”), cognate with English rib, German Rippe, Dutch rib (English reef, German Riff, Dutch rif come from Old Norse). Doublet of ribbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rev/, [??æw]

Noun

rev n (singular definite revet, plural indefinite rev)

1. reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
2. (obsolete) rib (one of the long curved bones in the chest)

   Synonym: ribben

3. (obsolete) rib (piece of meat cut from the back of the ox)

   Synonym: højreb

Inflection

Derived terms

• koralrev
• stenrev

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re??v/, [??æ?w], [??æw?]
• Homophone: ræv

Verb

rev

1. past participle common of rive

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Noun

rev f

1. run
2. escape

Derived terms

• revandin
• revandî
• reviyayî
• revî
• revîn
• revîner
• revînok
• revok
• revokî

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.

Noun

rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural rever, definite plural revene)

1. a fox (also used figuratively)
2. (slang) marijuana

Derived terms

• revebjelle
• rødrev

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rif

Noun

rev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva or revene)

1. a reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
2. a reef (nautical) (in a sail)

Derived terms

• barriererev
• korallrev

Related terms

• reve (verb)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• (of rive) reiv

Verb

rev

1. imperative of reve
2. simple past of rive

References

• “rev” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re??/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.

Noun

rev m (definite singular reven, indefinite plural revar, definite plural revane)

1. a fox (also used figuratively)
   • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:

     Dan fatige fangar Reven; dan rike fær Skinnet.

     The poor man catches the fox; the rich man gets its hide.

Derived terms

• fjellrev
• raudrev
• revebjølle

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rif

Noun

rev n (definite singular revet, indefinite plural rev, definite plural reva)

1. a reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)
2. a reef (nautical) (in a sail)

Derived terms

• barriererev
• korallrev

References

• “rev” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rev c

1. a fishing line

Declension

References

• rev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rif. Compare Danish rev, Middle Low German rif, German Riff.

Noun

rev n

1. a reef; rocks close to the water surface.

Declension

Derived terms

• korallrev
• metrev

References

• rev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

rev

1. past tense of riva.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French rêver.

Verb

reve

1. dream

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English r?fa, ?er?fa.

Alternative forms

• refe, reeve, reyve, reove

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?v(?)/

Noun

reve (plural reves or reven)

1. A reeve or bailiff (a local official); an administrator.
   • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, Prologue to the Reves Tale, 1915, The College Chaucer, page 94,

     Ne at this tale I saugh no man hym greve, / But it were oonly Osewold the Reve;

2. An administrator of an estate or manor; a manager or steward.
3. (Christianity) A subordinate or deputy of God.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

Related terms

• shirreve

Descendants

• English: reeve

References

• “r??ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.

Etymology 2

Verb

reve

1. Alternative form of reven

Etymology 3

Noun

reve

1. Alternative form of reif

Middle French

Alternative forms

• resve

Etymology

Old French rueve, ultimately from Latin rog? (“I ask; I demand”).

Noun

reve f (plural reves)

1. a taxation on imports and exports

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (reve)
• reve on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun rev

Verb

reve (imperative rev, present tense rever, passive reves, simple past reva or revet or revde, past participle reva or revet or revd, present participle revende)

1. (nautical) to reef (a sail)
   • "Rev seilene, rev seilene!", skrek kapteinen. [1]

References

• “reve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.