ballaena
Latin
Alternative forms
- bālēna
- bālaena
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /balˈlae̯.na/
Noun
ballaena f (genitive ballaenae); first declension
- a whale
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ballaena | ballaenae |
| Genitive | ballaenae | ballaenārum |
| Dative | ballaenae | ballaenīs |
| Accusative | ballaenam | ballaenās |
| Ablative | ballaenā | ballaenīs |
| Vocative | ballaena | ballaenae |
Derived terms
- bālaenācius
Descendants
- Asturian: ballena, baḷḷena
- Basque: balea
- Catalan: balena
- Corsican: balena
- Emilian: baläṅna
- English: baleen
- French: baleine
- Friulian: balene
- Galician: balea
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: baleia
- Hungarian: bálna
- Italian: balena
- Karipúna Creole French: balén
- Ladin: balena
- Middle French: baleine
- Mozarabic: [script needed] (balléna), [script needed] (ballína)
- Occitan: balena
- Old Portuguese: balẽa
- Piedmontese: balena
- Portuguese: baleia
- Romanian: balenă
- Romansch: balena
- Sardinian: balèna
- Spanish: ballena
- Venetian: bałéna
- Walloon: ballaînn
References
- ballaena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ballaena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ballaena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette