falena

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin phalaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina, “moth; whale”). The semantic shift from "whale" to "moth" occurred in Hellenistic Greek, likely due to an analogy between the fluttering movement of a moth's wings and the fins or spout of a whale. Doublet of balena (“whale”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faˈlɛ.na/ Rhymes: -ɛna Hyphenation: fa‧lè‧na === Noun === falena f (plural falene) winter moth (Operophtera brumata) (by extension) moth Synonym: farfalla notturna === Anagrams === alfane, fanale == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === phalena === Etymology === From Latin phalaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina, “moth; whale”). The semantic shift from "whale" to "moth" occurred in Hellenistic Greek, likely due to an analogy between the fluttering movement of a moth's wings and the fins or spout of a whale. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fa‧le‧na === Noun === falena f (plural falenas) moth === Further reading === “falena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “falena” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “falena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin phalaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina, “moth; whale”). The semantic shift from "whale" to "moth" occurred in Hellenistic Greek, likely due to an analogy between the fluttering movement of a moth's wings and the fins or spout of a whale. Doublet of balena (“whale”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faˈlena/ [faˈle.na] Rhymes: -ena Syllabification: fa‧le‧na === Noun === falena f (plural falenas) moth === Further reading === “falena”, 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