baleine

Noun

1. (feminine) whale (mammal)
2. (feminine) whalebone, bone; stay (prop for clothing, in particular corsets)
3. (feminine, informal, offensive) landwhale

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of baleiner:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of baleiner:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ba.lɛ(ː)n/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: baleine

In summary

Inherited from Old French baleine, borrowed from Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).

Concepts

whale

🐳

whalebone

baleen

whales

heavyweight

hulk

rorqual

bowhead whale

bone

🦴

bull

giant

Synonyms

fanon

éléphant

🐘

géant

grossier

hippopotame

🦛

ours

🐻

boulotte

grossière

rorqual

Fanon

cachalot

fanons

Translations

Wal

🐳

ballena

🐳

balena

🐳

baleia

🐳

walvis

🐳

balena

🐳

wieloryb

balina

🐳

φάλαινα

balaena

Walfisch

🐳

balena

cetáceo

balîna

🐳

hûf