orca

Meaning

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

Concepts

killer whale

orca

a pot or jar

Translations

orca

Schwertwal

Killerwal

Orca

orque

orca

orca

orka

épaulard

Möderwal

zwaardwalvis

orca

baleia-assassina

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɔr.ka]

Etymology

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.