balena
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [bəˈlɛ.nə]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [bəˈlə.nə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [baˈle.na]
=== Noun ===
balena f (plural balenes)
whale
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“balena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“balena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“balena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“balena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Corsican ==
=== Noun ===
balena f (plural balene)
whale
=== References ===
“balena” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
From baleno (“whale”) + -a.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /baˈlena/
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: ba‧le‧na
=== Adjective ===
balena (accusative singular balenan, plural balenaj, accusative plural balenajn)
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)
whale
===== Descendants =====
→ Armenian: բաղենա (baġena)
→ Maltese: balena
→ Ottoman Turkish: بالنه (balena)Turkish: balina→ Azerbaijani: balina→ Armenian: պալէնա (palēna)
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
balena
inflection of balenare:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
balena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Anagrams ===
banale
== Occitan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /baˈleno/
=== Noun ===
balena f (plural balenas)
whale
== Pali ==
=== Alternative forms ===
=== Noun ===
balena
instrumental singular of bala (“strength”)
== Romanian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [baˈlena]
=== Noun ===
balena f
definite nominative/accusative singular of balenă
== Tagalog ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlenaʔ/ [bɐˈlɛː.n̪ɐʔ]
Rhymes: -enaʔ
Syllabification: ba‧le‧na
=== Noun ===
balenà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜈ) (obsolete)
alternative form of balina