English
Etymology
Partial translation of Norwegian seihval, seikval, from sei (“pollock”) + hval/kval (“whale”).
Noun
sei whale (plural sei whales)
- A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera borealis).
Translations
whale of the rorqual family
- Catalan: rorqual del nord (ca) m, rorqual boreal (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 塞鯨 / 塞鲸 (sāijīng)
- Danish: sejhval c
- Finnish: seitivalas
- French: rorqual boréal (fr) m
- Galician: rorcual boreal (gl) m
- German: Seiwal m
- Greek: βορειοφάλαινα f (voreiofálaina)
- Greenlandic: tikaagulliusaarnaq
- Icelandic: sandreyður (is) f
- Italian: balenottera boreale f
- Japanese: 鰯鯨 (ja) (iwashi-kujira)
- Korean: 보리고래 (borigorae)
- Northern Sami: sáidefális
- Norwegian: seihval m
- Polish: sejwal m
- Portuguese: baleia-sei f, baleia-boreal (pt) f
- Russian: сейва́л (ru) m (sejvál), сайдяно́й кит m (sajdjanój kit), ивасёвый кит m (ivasjóvyj kit), ивасёвый полоса́тик m (ivasjóvyj polosátik)
- Spanish: rorcual norteño m
- Swedish: sejval (sv) c
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