balena

See also: balenă

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈlɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bəˈlə.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈle.na]

• Audio:

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Noun

balena f (plural balenes)

1. whale

Derived terms

• 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, 2024
• “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.

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Corsican

Noun

balena f (plural balene)

1. whale

References

• “balena” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

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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)

1. cetacean, relating to whales

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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)

1. whale

Descendants

• Turkish: balina

Etymology 2

Verb

balena

1. inflection of balenare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• balena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• banale

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈleno/

• Audio:

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Noun

balena f (plural balenas)

1. whale

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈlena]

Noun

balena f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of balenă