ballaena

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).

Pronunciation

Noun

ballaena f (genitive ballaenae); first declension

  1. a whale

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ballaena ballaenae
Genitive ballaenae ballaenārum
Dative ballaenae ballaenīs
Accusative ballaenam ballaenās
Ablative ballaenā ballaenīs
Vocative ballaena ballaenae

Derived terms

  • bālaenācius

Descendants

  • Asturian: ballena, baḷḷena
  • Proto-Basque: *baLena
  • Catalan: balena
  • Corsican: balena
  • Emilian: baläṅna
  • Old French: baleine
  • Friulian: balene
  • Hungarian: bálna
  • Italian: balena (see there for further descendants)
  • Karipúna Creole French: balén
  • Ladin: balena
  • Occitan: balena
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: balẽa
    • Galician: balea
    • Portuguese: baleia (see there for further descendants)
  • Piedmontese: balena
  • Romanian: balenă
  • Romansch: balena
  • Sardinian: balèna
  • Spanish: ballena (see there for further descendants)
  • Venetian: bałéna
  • Walloon: ballaînn

References

  • ballaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ballaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ballaena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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