ravir
French, verb/ʁa.viʁ/
ravir is spelled R-A-V-I-R (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ravir is a French verb meaning “to ravish (to seize by force)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enlever de force, emporter avec violence”.
What does ravir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ravish (to seize by force)
- 2
to ravish, delight or thrill (transport with joy)
- 3
to charm, bewitch, dazzle or fascinate
- 4
to plunder, rob or loot
- 5
to kidnap or abduct
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enlever de force, emporter avec violence. 2. Enlever, ôter, priver de. 3. Charmer l’esprit ou le cœur de quelqu’un, faire éprouver un transport d’admiration, de plaisir, etc. 4. En éprouver un vif plaisir, en être bien aise.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ravir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ravissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ravi participle past
- ravis first-person indicative present
- ravit indicative present singular
- ravissons first-person indicative plural
- ravissez indicative plural present
- ravissent indicative plural present
- ravissais first-person imperfect indicative
- ravissait imperfect indicative singular
- ravissions first-person imperfect indicative
- ravissiez imperfect indicative plural
- ravissaient imperfect indicative plural
- ravîmes first-person historic indicative
- ravîtes historic indicative past
- ravirent historic indicative past
- ravirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ravir?
- /ʁa.viʁ/
- \ʁa.viʁ\
- [ʁa.viʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ravir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ravir in French?
ravir appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).