ballaena

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /balˈlae̯.na/

Noun

ballaena f (genitive ballaenae); first declension

a whale

Inflection

First declension.

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
Basque: balea
Catalan: balena
Corsican: balena
Emilian: baläṅna
English: baleen
French: baleine
Friulian: balene
Galician: balea
Guinea-Bissau Creole: baleia
Hungarian: bálna
Italian: balena
Karipúna Creole French: balén
Ladin: balena
Middle French: baleine

Mozarabic: [script needed] (balléna), [script needed] (ballína)
Occitan: balena
Old Portuguese: balẽa
Piedmontese: balena
Portuguese: baleia
Romanian: balenă
Romansch: balena
Sardinian: balèna
Spanish: ballena
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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