balena

See also: balenă, baléna, and bałéna

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

balena f (plural balenes)

  1. whale

Derived terms

Further reading

Corsican

Noun

balena f (plural balene)

  1. whale

References

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

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

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
  • Armenian: բաղենա (baġena)
  • Ottoman Turkish: بالنه (balena)
    • Turkish: balina
    • Azerbaijani: balina
    • Armenian: պալէնա (palēna)

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

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈleno/
  • (file)

Noun

balena f (plural balenas)

  1. whale

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

balena

  1. instrumental singular of bala (strength)

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [baˈlena]

Noun

balena f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of balenă
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