whale
English
/weɪl/, /ʍeɪl/
noun
Definitions
- Any of several species of large sea mammals of the infraorder Cetacea.
- (figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
- (figuratively) Something, or someone, that is excellent.
- (gambling) In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
- (finance) An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.
- (video games) A video game player who spends large amounts of money on premium content.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English whale inherited from Old English hwæl (whale) inherited from *hwal inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (whale) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (sheatfish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kʷálos
Gloss
sheatfish
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- bird English
- boat English
- bone English
- fall English
- feed English
- fish English
- land English
- landwhale English
- lore English
- meat English
- megawhaleback English
- nonwhale English
- path English
- road English
- ship English
- shit English
- song English
- sucker English
- watcher English
- watching English
- whale-path English
- whale-road English
- whaleback English
- whalebird English
- whaleboat English
- whaleboater English
- whalebone English
- whaleboned English
- whaleboning English
- whaleburger English
- whalecraft English
- whalefall English
- whalefeed English
- whalefish English
- whaleish English
- whalelike English
- whaleling English
- whalelore English
- whaleman English
- whalemeat English
- whaler English
- whalery English
- whaleship English
- whaleshit English
- whalesong English
- whalespeak English
- whalesucker English
- whalewatcher English
- whalewatching English
- vaali Finnish
- valas Finnish
- squalus Latin
- Bartenwal German
- Blauwal German
- Schnabelwal German
- Schweinswal German
- Schwertwal German
- Teufelswels German
- Wal German
- Walfisch German
- Walross German
- Wels German
- Zahnwal German
- baardwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- baleinwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- bultrugwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- tandwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- vis Dutch, Flemish
- wal Dutch, Flemish
- walvis Dutch, Flemish
- walvisjacht Dutch, Flemish
- walviskalf Dutch, Flemish
- walvistraan Dutch, Flemish
- walvisvaart Dutch, Flemish
- zwaardwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- escualo Spanish, Castilian
- ἄσπαλος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kʷál- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kʷálos Proto-Indo-European
- blåhval Norwegian Bokmål
- hval Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalbåt Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalfanger Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalfangst Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalkebab Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalkjøtt Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalkokeri Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalolje Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalsafari Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalspekk Norwegian Bokmål
- knølhval Norwegian Bokmål
- spermhval Norwegian Bokmål
- vågehval Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- behandlingsval Swedish
- grindval Swedish
- kommunalval Swedish
- presidentval Swedish
- urval Swedish
- val Swedish
- valberedning Swedish
- valfri Swedish
- valfråga Swedish
- valkrets Swedish
- valrav Swedish
- valresultat Swedish
- wal Polish
- blåkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- finnkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- grønlandskval Norwegian Nynorsk
- knølkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- kval Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvitkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- nebbkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- nordspisskval Norwegian Nynorsk
- seikval Norwegian Nynorsk
- spermkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- vågekval Norwegian Nynorsk
- horshwæl Old English
- hranrād Old English
- hwæl Old English
- hwælhunta Old English
- hwælhuntoþ Old English
- hwælweg Old English
- whale Middle English
- hvalr Old Norse
- व्हेल Hindi
- ह्वेल Hindi
- walvisch Middle Dutch
- wal Old High German
- walvis Afrikaans
- Wal Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ဝေလငါး Burmese
- *hwal gmw-pro
- vaal Estonian
- walvisk Old Dutch
- escoallo Old Portuguese
- hwal Old Saxon
- *fālēs Proto-Samic
- hval Old Swedish
- escualu Asturian
- whaul Scots
- *kala Proto-Uralic
- kalis Old Prussian
- fall
- feed
- bone
- song
- boat
- bird
- road
- shit
- path
- ship
- back
- fish
- land
- lore
- meat
- sucker
- whaler
- whalery
- watcher
- whaleish
- watching
- nonwhale
- whaleman
- whalebone
- whalemeat
- landwhale
- whalefish
- whaleshit
- whalelike
- whalesong
- whalebird
- whalefall
- whalefeed
- whaleback
- whaleship
- whaleling
- whaleboat
- whalelore
- whale-road
- whalecraft
- whalespeak
- whale-path
- whaleboned
- whaleboater
- whaleboning
- whalesucker
- whaleburger
- whalewatcher
- megawhaleback
- whalewatching