beluga
Appearance
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 belugain rare | |
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)
Old Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian белуга (beluga). First attested in the 18th century.
Noun
[edit]beluga f
- beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)
Descendants
[edit]- Slovak: beluga
Further reading
[edit]- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “beluga”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Russian
- English terms derived from Russian
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/uːɡə
- Rhymes:English/uːɡə/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Acipenseriform fish
- en:Whales
- Catalan terms borrowed from Russian
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- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Cetaceans
- Finnish terms borrowed from Russian
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/eluɡɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/eluɡɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- fi:Cetaceans
- Ingrian terms borrowed from Russian
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- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eluɡ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eluɡ/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eluːɡɑ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eluːɡɑ/3 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- izh:Acipenseriform fish
- Occitan terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Occitan lemmas
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- Old Slovak terms borrowed from Russian
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- Old Slovak lemmas
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- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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- pt:Cetaceans
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
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- es:Cetaceans