cachalote

English

Noun

cachalote (plural cachalotes)

1. Alternative form of cachalot.
2. Alternative form of cacholote.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃaˈlɔte/ [kɑ.t͡ʃaˈlɔ.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɔte
• Hyphenation: ca‧cha‧lo‧te

Noun

cachalote m (plural cachalotes)

1. sperm whale

Portuguese

Etymology

From cachola (“head”) +‎ -ote.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʃaˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʃaˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʃaˈlɔ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʃɐˈlɔ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʃɐˈlɔ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.t͡ʃɐˈlɔ.tɨ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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Noun

cachalote m (plural cachalotes)

1. cachalot, sperm whale

Descendants

• → Catalan: catxalot
• → French: cachalot
  • → English: cachalot
  • → Polish: kaszalot
    • → Kashubian: kaszalot
  • → Romanian: cașalot
  • → Russian: кашало́т (kašalót)
    • → Armenian: կաշալոտ (kašalot)
    • → Kazakh: кашалот (kaşalot)
    • → Kyrgyz: кашалот (kaşalot)
• → Spanish: cachalote

Further reading

• “cachalote”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cachalote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cachalote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃaˈlote/ [ka.t͡ʃaˈlo.t̪e]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: ca‧cha‧lo‧te

Noun

cachalote m (plural cachalotes)

1. cachalot, sperm whale

Further reading

• “cachalote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025