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orca

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(Anglais)

(declension-1, feminine) orc, orca (kind of whale)
(declension-1, feminine) butt, tun (large-bellied vessel)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈɔr.ka]

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.