adj
Meaning 1
Harsh and rough-sounding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- At night, raucous ruckus took place in the swamp.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
raucous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɹɔːkəs/
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US: /ˈɹɔkəs/
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈɹɑkəs/
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rhymes with -ɔːkəs
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adj
Meaning 2
Disorderly and boisterous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Loud and annoying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The new neighbors had a raucous ruction in the small hours last night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
unpleasantly loud and harsh
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: strident
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a raucous party
- rowdy teenagers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rowdy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin rāvis Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin raucusbor. English raucous Borrowed from Latin raucus (“hoarse, husky, raucous”).
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дрезгав (drezgav) — harsh and rough-sounding
- Bulgarian: хриплив (hripliv) — harsh and rough-sounding
- Dutch: luidruchtig — harsh and rough-sounding
- Dutch: lawaaierig — harsh and rough-sounding
- French: rauque — harsh and rough-sounding
- Galician: rouco — harsh and rough-sounding
- German: rau — harsh and rough-sounding
- Irish: callánach — harsh and rough-sounding
- Italian: roco — harsh and rough-sounding
- Italian: rauco — harsh and rough-sounding
- Latin: raucus — harsh and rough-sounding
- Māori: rengarenga — harsh and rough-sounding
- Māori: tīhoihoi — harsh and rough-sounding
- Māori: pākinakina — harsh and rough-sounding
- Polish: ochrypły — harsh and rough-sounding
- Russian: хри́плый (xríplyj) — harsh and rough-sounding
- Turkish: boğuk — harsh and rough-sounding
- Turkish: nahoş — harsh and rough-sounding
- Dutch: uitgelaten — disorderly and boisterous
- Dutch: wanordelijk — disorderly and boisterous
- French: chahuteur — disorderly and boisterous
- French: tapageur — disorderly and boisterous
- German: krakeelig — disorderly and boisterous
- German: lärmend — disorderly and boisterous
- Italian: chiassoso — disorderly and boisterous
- Italian: rumoroso — disorderly and boisterous
- Māori: tīhoihoi — disorderly and boisterous
- Polish: hałaśliwy — disorderly and boisterous
- Russian: бу́йный (bújnyj) — disorderly and boisterous
- Russian: шумли́вый (šumlívyj) — disorderly and boisterous
- Turkish: gürültülü — disorderly and boisterous
- Turkish: velveleli — disorderly and boisterous