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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”).
In modern standard Russian, белу́га (belúga) denotes the fish Huso huso only, while белу́ха (belúxa) denotes the cetacean.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈluːɡə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈluɡə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːɡə
- Hyphenation: be‧lu‧ga
Noun[edit]
beluga (plural belugas)
- A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
- Synonyms: beluga whale, melonhead, sea canary, white whale
- A fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
- Synonym: European sturgeon
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Delphinapterus leucas
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Huso huso
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Further reading[edit]
- beluga (sturgeon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- beluga whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
beluga f (plural belugues)
- beluga
- Synonyms: balena blanca, marsuí
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “beluga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
< Russian белу́га (belúga, “beluga”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
beluga
- beluga, beluga whale, white whale (Delphinapterus leucas).
- Synonym: maitovalas
- Synonym of kitasampi (“Huso huso”) (species of sturgeon).
Declension[edit]
Inflection of beluga (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | beluga | belugat | ||
genitive | belugan | belugoiden belugoitten | ||
partitive | belugaa | belugoita | ||
illative | belugaan | belugoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | beluga | belugat | ||
accusative | nom. | beluga | belugat | |
gen. | belugan | |||
genitive | belugan | belugoiden belugoitten belugainrare | ||
partitive | belugaa | belugoita | ||
inessive | belugassa | belugoissa | ||
elative | belugasta | belugoista | ||
illative | belugaan | belugoihin | ||
adessive | belugalla | belugoilla | ||
ablative | belugalta | belugoilta | ||
allative | belugalle | belugoille | ||
essive | belugana | belugoina | ||
translative | belugaksi | belugoiksi | ||
abessive | belugatta | belugoitta | ||
instructive | — | belugoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Ingrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian белуга (beluga).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈbeluɡɑ/, [ˈbe̞ɫuɡ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈbeluːɡɑ/, [ˈpe̞ɫˑuːɡ̊ɑ]
- Rhymes: -eluɡ, -eluːɡɑ
- Hyphenation: be‧lu‧ga
Noun[edit]
beluga
Declension[edit]
Declension of beluga (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | beluga | belugat |
genitive | belugan | belugoin |
partitive | belugaa | belugoja |
illative | belugaa | belugoihe |
inessive | belugaas | belugois |
elative | belugast | belugoist |
allative | belugalle | belugoille |
adessive | belugaal | belugoil |
ablative | belugalt | belugoilt |
translative | belugaks | belugoiks |
essive | beluganna, belugaan | belugoinna, belugoin |
exessive1) | belugant | belugoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References[edit]
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 397
Occitan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
beluga f (plural belugas)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
beluga f (plural belugas)
- beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
beluga m (plural belugas)
- beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)
Further reading[edit]
- “beluga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- English terms borrowed from Russian
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- en:Acipenseriform fish
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- ca:Cetaceans
- Finnish terms borrowed from Russian
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- Rhymes:Finnish/eluɡɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/eluɡɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
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- fi:Cetaceans
- Ingrian terms borrowed from Russian
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- Rhymes:Ingrian/eluɡ
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- pt:Cetaceans
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- es:Cetaceans