orca

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin orca (“tun, cask; whale”), see there for more. Although the origin is obscure, the sometimes-cited association with orcus (“underworld”) is folk-etymology. Doublet of orc. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoɹkə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːkə/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kə === Noun === orca (plural orcas or orca) A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale. Synonyms: grampus, killer whale, blackfish ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === ork, orc === Anagrams === ocra, acro-, arco, acro, Caro, AOCR, CRAO, Roca, RAOC, Cora, Arco == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin orca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔr.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔɾ.ka] === Noun === orca f (plural orques) orca ==== Further reading ==== “orca”, 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 == Galician == === Etymology === From Latin orca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔɾka/ [ˈɔɾ.kɐ] Rhymes: -ɔɾka Hyphenation: or‧ca === Noun === orca f (plural orcas) orca, killer whale Synonym: candorca ==== Further reading ==== “orca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Hungarian == === Etymology === A compound of orr (“nose”) +‎ száj (“mouth”) → orrszáj, transformed to orca over the centuries. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈort͡sɒ] Hyphenation: or‧ca Rhymes: -t͡sɒ === Noun === orca (plural orcák) (archaic) cheek Holonym: (face) arc 1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember[2] (Timar’s Two Worlds),[3] part 1, chapter 2, translated by Mrs. Hegan Kennard: ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === orca in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish orca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔɾˠkə/ === Noun === orca f (genitive singular orcan, nominative plural oircne) (literary) calf (of leg) Synonyms: colpa, pluc ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “orca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “orca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “orca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “orca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Italian == === Etymology 1 === From Latin orca. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɔr.ka/ Rhymes: -ɔrka Hyphenation: òr‧ca ==== Noun ==== orca f (plural orche) killer whale; orca Synonym: balena assassina === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Dutch hulk. ==== Alternative forms ==== urca, ulca ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈor.ka/ Rhymes: -orka Hyphenation: ór‧ca ==== Noun ==== orca f (plural orche) (nautical, historical) hulk (large ship used for transportation) === Further reading === orca1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana orca2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === acro, acro-, arco, arcò, caro, ocra, roca == Latin == === Etymology === Either borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕρχη (húrkhē, “earthen fish-salting vessel”), or else both borrowed separately from a substrate Mediterranean language. The sense of whale is likely influenced by ὄρυξ (órux, “pickaxe; oryx; narwhal”); it is possible that both ὕρχη (húrkhē) and ὄρυξ (órux) were conflated when borrowed into Latin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.ka] === Noun === orca f (genitive orcae); first declension orc, orca (kind of whale) butt, tun (large-bellied vessel) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== urceus ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: orca Galician: orca Italian: orca Middle French: orque f French: orque f → English: orc Portuguese: orca Romanian: orca Spanish: orca → Dutch: orka → English: orca → Cebuano: orca → German: Orca → Polish: orka, órka (Central Greater Poland)→ Kashubian: órka → Proto-West Germanic: *ork (see there for further descendants) → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: орца Latin script: orka → Translingual: Orca (learned) === References === === Further reading === “orca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “orca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "orca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “orca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “orca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “orca”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin orca (“tun, cask; whale”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁkɐ, (Portugal) -ɔɾkɐ Hyphenation: or‧ca === Noun === orca f (plural orcas) orca (Orcinus orca) Synonym: baleia-assassina === Further reading === “orca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “orca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “orca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “orca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin orca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoɾka/ [ˈoɾ.ka] Rhymes: -oɾka Syllabification: or‧ca Homophone: horca === Noun === orca f (plural orcas, masculine orco, masculine plural orcos) orca, killer whale Synonym: ballena asesina === Further reading === “orca”, 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 === Anagrams === arco, caro, cora, raco, roca