beluga

See also: Beluga and béluga

English

Etymology

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəˈluːɡə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈluɡə/
• Rhymes: -uːɡə
• Hyphenation: be‧lu‧ga

Noun

beluga (plural belugas)

1. A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.

   Synonyms: beluga whale, melonhead, sea canary, white whale

2. 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

• Beluga

Derived terms

• narluga

Translations

Delphinapterus leucas

• Alutor: риририр (riririr)
• Assamese: বগা তিমি (boga timi)
• Belarusian: бялуха f (bjaluxa)
• Bulgarian: белу́га f (belúga)
• Catalan: beluga (ca) f, balena blanca (ca) f, marsuí (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白鯨／白鲸 (zh) (báijīng), 貝魯卡鯨／贝鲁卡鲸 (bèilǔkǎ jīng)

• Chukchi: пурэӄ (purėq), пурэӄыт pl (purėqyt), пуурэӄ (puurėq), пуурэӄыт pl (puurėqyt)
• Czech: běluha f
• Danish: hvidhval c
• Dutch: beloega (nl)
• Esperanto: belugo
• Estonian: valgevaal
• Faroese: hvítfiskur m
• Finnish: beluga (fi), maitovalas (fi)
• French: bélouga (fr) m, béluga (fr) m
• Georgian: თეთრი ვეშაპი (tetri vešaṗi)
• German: Beluga (de) f, Weißwal (de) m
• Greenlandic: qilalugaq qaqortaq
• Hungarian: beluga (hu), fehér delfin, fehér bálna
• Italian: beluga m, balena beluga f, balena bianca f
• Japanese: 白海豚 (シロイルカ, shiroiruka)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: белуга халим (beluga xalim), цагаан халим (cagaan xalim) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ
  ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤ (čaɣan qalimu)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvithval m, kvitkval m

  Nynorsk: kvitkval m

• Persian: نهنگ سفید‎ (nahang-e sefid)
• Polish: białucha f
• Portuguese: beluga (pt) f
• Romanian: beluga (ro) f
• Russian: белу́ха (ru) f (belúxa), (dated, a common misnomer in modern Russian) белу́га (ru) f (belúga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: белуга f

  Latin: beluga (sh) f

• Slovak: bieluha f
• Slovene: belúga f
• Spanish: beluga (es)
• Swedish: vitval (sv) c
• Turkish: beluga balinası, ak balina, beyaz balina

Huso huso

• Azerbaijani: ağbalıq
• Bashkir: ҡырпа (qırpa)
• Bulgarian: белу́га f (belúga)
• Catalan: esturió beluga (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大鰉魚／大鳇鱼 (dàhuángyú), 鱘魚／鲟鱼 (zh) (xúnyú)

• Czech: vyza (cs) f
• Estonian: beluuga
• Finnish: kitasampi (fi)
• Georgian: სვია (svia)
• German: Belugastör m, Europäischer Hausen m
• Hungarian: viza (hu)
• Ingrian: beluga
• Italian: storione beluga m, storione ladano m
• Japanese: オオチョウザメ (ōchōzame)
• Kalmyk: хорв (xorv)
• Mingrelian: სვია (svia)
• Nogai: кортпа (kortpa)
• Polish: bieługa (pl) f
• Romanian: beluga (ro) f, morun (ro) m
• Russian: белу́га (ru) f (belúga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мо̀руна

  Latin: mòruna (sh)

• Swedish: hus (sv) c
• Tatar: кырпы (qırpı)
• Turkish: beluga (tr), büyük mersin, mersin morinası (tr), morina (tr) (proscribed)
• Turkmen: akbalyk (tk), doky

Further reading

• beluga (sturgeon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• beluga whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• abulge, blague

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bəˈlu.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /beˈlu.ɡa/

Noun

beluga f (plural belugues)

1. beluga

   Synonyms: balena blanca, marsuí

Derived terms

• esturió beluga

Further reading

• “beluga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ingrian

Beluga.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian белуга (beluga).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈbeluɡɑ/, [ˈbe̞ɫuɡ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈbeluːɡɑ/, [ˈpe̞ɫˑuːɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -eluɡ, -eluːɡɑ
• Hyphenation: be‧lu‧ga

Noun

beluga

1. beluga (European sturgeon)

Declension

Declension of beluga (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	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

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 397

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈlu.ɡa/

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Noun

beluga f (plural belugas)

1. spark
2. flash

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈlu.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈlu.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈlu.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈlu.ɡɐ/ [bɨˈlu.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈblu.ɣɐ]
• Hyphenation: be‧lu‧ga

Noun

beluga f (plural belugas)

1. beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)

Spanish

Noun

beluga m (plural belugas)

1. beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)

Further reading

• “beluga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014