ballaena
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [balˈlae̯.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [balˈlɛː.na]
Noun
ballaena f (genitive ballaenae); first declension
- a whale
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ballaena | ballaenae |
| genitive | ballaenae | ballaenārum |
| dative | ballaenae | ballaenīs |
| accusative | ballaenam | ballaenās |
| ablative | ballaenā | ballaenīs |
| vocative | ballaena | ballaenae |
Derived terms
- bālaenācius
Descendants
- Asturian: ballena, baḷḷena
- → Proto-Basque: *baLena
- Catalan: balena
- Corsican: balena
- Emilian: baläṅna
- → Old French: baleine
- Friulian: balene
- → Hungarian: bálna
- Italian: balena (see there for further descendants)
- Karipúna Creole French: balén
- Ladin: balena
- Occitan: balena
- Old Galician-Portuguese: balẽa
- Piedmontese: balena
- Romanian: balenă
- Romansh: balena
- Sardinian: balèna
- Sicilian: balina, balena
- Spanish: ballena (see there for further descendants)
- Venetan: bałéna
- Walloon: ballaînn
- Turkish: balina
- Azerbaijani: balina
See also
References
- “ballaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ballaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ballaena”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.