beluga

See also: Beluga and béluga

English

Alternative forms

• Beluga

Etymology

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

In modern standard Russian, белу́га (belúga) denotes the fish ("European sturgeon") only, while белу́ха (belúxa) denotes "white whale".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈluː.ɡə/
• Rhymes: -uːɡə

Noun

beluga (plural belugas)

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

• Alutor: риририр (riririr)
• Assamese: বগা তিমি (boga timi)
• Belarusian: бялуха f (bjaluxa)
• Bulgarian: белу́га f (belúga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白鯨／白鲸 (zh) (báijīng), 白鲸 (zh) (báijīng), 貝魯卡鯨／贝鲁卡鲸, 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: maitovalas (fi), beluga (fi)
• French: béluga (fr) m, bélouga (fr) m
• German: Weißwal (de) m, Beluga (de) f
• Greenlandic: qilalugaq qaqortaq
• Hungarian: beluga, fehér delfin
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• Italian: beluga m, balena beluga f
• Japanese: シロイルカ (shiroiruka), 白海豚 (shiroiruka), 白鯨 (hakugei)
• Navajo: tééh hóyáaniitsoh
• 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)

fish, Huso huso

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

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

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

  Cyrillic: мо̀руна

  Latin: mòruna (sh)

• Swedish: hus (sv) c
• Tatar: кырпы (qırpı)
• Turkmen: doky, akbalyk (tk)

Anagrams

• abulge, blague

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈlu.ɡa/

• Audio:

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Noun

beluga f (plural belugas)

1. spark
2. flash

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Portuguese

Noun

beluga f (plural s)

1. beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)