balena

From Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈlɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bəˈlə.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈle.na]

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balena f (plural balenes)

1. whale

• “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, 2025
• “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.

balena f (plural balene)

1. whale

• “balena” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

From baleno (“whale”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /baˈlena/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: ba‧le‧na

balena (accusative singular balenan, plural balenaj, accusative plural balenajn)

1. cetacean, relating to whales

From Late Latin ballēna, from Latin balaena.

• IPA^(key): /baˈle.na/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: ba‧lé‧na

balena f (plural balene)

1. whale

• → Armenian: բաղենա (baġena)
• → Maltese: balena
• → Ottoman Turkish: بالنه (balena)
  • Turkish: balina
  • → Azerbaijani: balina
  • → Armenian: պալէնա (palēna)

balena

1. inflection of balenare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• balena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• banale

From Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).

• IPA^(key): /baˈleno/

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balena f (plural balenas)

1. whale

balena

1. instrumental singular of bala (“strength”)

• IPA^(key): [baˈlena]

balena f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of balenă

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlenaʔ/ [bɐˈlɛː.n̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -enaʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧le‧na

balenà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜈ) (obsolete)

1. alternative form of balina