orca

English

Wikipedia

Orca

Etymology

From Latin orca (“whale”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɔː(ɹ).kə/, X-SAMPA: /"O:(r).k@/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)kə

Noun

orca (plural orcas)

1. A sea mammal (scientific name: Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.

Synonyms

• grampus
• killer whale

Translations

Orcinus orca

• Ainu: レプンカムィ (repun-kamuy), カムイフㇺベ (kamuy-humbe)
• Bulgarian: косатка (bg) (kosátka) f
• Catalan: orca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逆戟鯨 (cmn) (nìjǐjīng), 虎鯨 (cmn) (hǔjīng), 虎鲸 (cmn) (hǔjīng), 逆戟鲸 (cmn) (nìjǐjīng)

• Czech: kosatka (cs) f
• Danish: spækhugger (da) c
• Dutch: orka (nl) m, zwaardwalvis (nl) m
• Faroese: bóghvítuhvalur (fo) m, mastrarhvalur (fo) m, mastrarfiskur (fo) m, æðuhvalur (fo) m, rovhvalur (fo) m, steyrhvalur (fo) m
• Finnish: miekkavalas (fi)
• French: épaulard (fr) m, orque (fr) f
• German: Schwertwal m, Möderwal m, Killerwal m
• Haida:

  (Queen Charlotte Islands): skana, ska-ana

• Hungarian: kardszárnyú delfin (hu)
• Icelandic: háhyrningur (is) m
• Indonesian: seguni (id)

• Inuit:

  (East Arctic): arluq

• Italian: orca (it) f
• Japanese: 鯱 (しゃち, shachi), さかまた (逆叉, sakamata)
• Korean: 범고래 (beomgorae)
• Kwak'wala: (Northern Vancouver Island): max'inux
• Macedonian: косатка f
• Neapolitan: ncroja f
• Norwegian: spekkhogger m
• Portuguese: orca (pt) f
• Romanian: orca (ro) f
• Russian: кoсатка (kosátka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cana (gd) m, mada-chuain (gd) m
• Slovak: kosatka (sk) f
• Spanish: orca (es) f
• Swedish: späckhuggare c (späck=blubber, huggare=chopper)
• Turkish: katil balina (tr)
• Yámana: shamanaj

See also

• ork, orc

Anagrams

• arco, Caro, Cora, ocra

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Galician

Noun

orca f (plural orcas)

1. orca, killer whale

Synonyms

• candorca

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Hungarian

Etymology

A compound of orr and száj (orrszáj), transformed to orca during the centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈortsɒ/, X-SAMPA: /"ortsQ/
• Hyphenation: or‧ca

Noun

orca (plural orcák)

1. (archaic) face

Declension

declension of orca singular plural nominative orca orcák accusative orcát orcákat dative orcának orcáknak instrumental orcával orcákkal causal-final orcáért orcákért translative orcává orcákká terminative orcáig orcákig essive-formal orcaként orcákként essive-modal - - inessive orcában orcákban superessive orcán orcákon adessive orcánál orcáknál illative orcába orcákba sublative orcára orcákra allative orcához orcákhoz elative orcából orcákból delative orcáról orcákról ablative orcától orcáktól

possessives of orca possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. orcám orcáim 2nd person sing. orcád orcáid 3rd person sing. orcája orcái 1st person plural orcánk orcáink 2nd person plural orcátok orcáitok 3rd person plural orcájuk orcáik

Derived terms

• álorca

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔrka/

Noun

orca f (plural orche)

1. killer whale; orca

Synonyms

• balena assassina

Anagrams

• acro
• arco
• caro
• ocra
• roca

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Noun

orca (genitive orcae); f, first declension

1. orc (kind of whale)
2. butt, tun (large-bellied vessel)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	orca	orcae
genitive	orcae	orcārum
dative	orcae	orcīs
accusative	orcam	orcās
ablative	orcā	orcīs
vocative	orca	orcae

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Portuguese

Noun

orca f (plural orcas)

1. orca.

Synonyms

• baleia-assassina

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin orca.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈoɾka/

Noun

orca f (plural orcas, masculine singular orco, masculine plural orcos)

1. orca, killer whale.

Synonyms

• ballena asesina f

Anagrams

• arco, caro, cora, raco, roca