balena
See also: balenă
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /bəˈlə.nə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bəˈlɛ.nə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /baˈle.na/
Audio (file)
Noun
balena f (plural balenes)
- whale
Derived terms
- balena amb bec de Cuvier
- balena amb gep
- balena blanca
- balena blava
- balena grisa
- balener
Further reading
- “balena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “balena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “balena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “balena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Corsican
Noun
balena f (plural balene)
- whale
References
- “balena” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Esperanto
Etymology
From baleno (“whale”) + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [baˈlena]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Hyphenation: ba‧le‧na
Adjective
balena (accusative singular balenan, plural balenaj, accusative plural balenajn)
- cetacean, relating to whales
Italian
Etymology 1
From Late Latin ballēna, from Latin balaena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈle.na/
- Rhymes: -ena
- Hyphenation: ba‧lé‧na
Noun
balena f (plural balene)
- whale
Descendants
- Turkish: balina
Verb
balena
- inflection of balenare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- balena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- banale
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈleno/
Audio (file)
Noun
balena f (plural balenas)
- whale
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [baˈlena]
Noun
balena f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of balenă