beluga

See also Beluga

English

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Alternative forms

• Beluga

Etymology

From the Russian word белуга (belúga) (in turn белый (bélyj, “white”)). In modern standard Russian белуга (belúga) means the fish only (the "European sturgeon") and белуха (belúxa) a "white whale".

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /bəˈluː.ɡə/
• Rhymes: -uːɡə

Noun

beluga (plural belugas)

1. A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
2. A fish, Huso huso, found in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, that is a source of caviar

Synonyms

• (whale): beluga whale, white whale, sea canary
• (fish): European sturgeon

Translations

cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas

Aleut: ba-tuku Bulgarian: белуга (bg) (belúga) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 白鯨 (zh), 白鲸 (zh) (báijīng), 貝魯卡鯨 (zh), 贝鲁卡鲸 (zh) (bèilǔkǎ jīng) Dutch: beloega (nl) Estonian: valgevaal (et) Finnish: maitovalas (fi), beluga (fi) French: béluga (fr) m., bélouga (fr) m.

German: Weißwal (de) m., Beluga (de) f. Greenlandic: qilalugaq qaqortaq (kl) Hungarian: beluga (hu), fehér delfin (hu) Japanese: シロイルカ (ja) (shiroiruka), 白海豚 (ja) Navajo: tééh hóyáaniitsoh Romanian: beluga (ro) f. Russian: белуха (ru) (belúxa) f., (dated, a common misnomer in modern Russian) белуга (ru) (belúga) f. Spanish: beluga (es)

fish, Huso huso

Bulgarian: белуга (bg) (belúga) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 鱘魚 (zh), 鲟鱼 (zh) (xúnyú), 大鰉魚 (zh), 大鳇鱼 (zh) (dàhuángyú) Estonian: beluuga (et) Finnish: kitasampi (fi) German: Belugastör (de) m., Europäischer Hausen (de) m.

Hungarian: viza (hu) Japanese: オオチョウザメ (ja) (ōchōzame) Polish: bieługa (pl) f. Romanian: beluga (ro) f. Russian: белуга (ru) (belúga) f. Swedish: hus (sv) c.