balenă
Moldavian
/baˈle.nə/
noun
Definitions
- whale (large sea mammal)
Etymology
Borrowed from French baleine (whalebone) borrowed from Latin balaena (whale) derived from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα.
Origin
Ancient Greek
φάλλαινα
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- balaena Latin
- ballaena Latin
- ballēna Latin
- bālaena Latin
- balena Italian
- balein Dutch, Flemish
- baleine French
- baleineau French
- baleiner French
- baleinier French
- ballena Spanish, Castilian
- ballenato Spanish, Castilian
- ballenero Spanish, Castilian
- πτερόν Ancient Greek
- φάλαινα Ancient Greek
- φάλλαινα Ancient Greek
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- balene Middle English
- baleno Esperanto
- φάλαινα Greek (modern)
- balyena Cebuano
- balyena Tagalog
- ballena Old Spanish
- ບາແລນ Lao
- labalenn Mauritian Creole
- labalenn Seychellois Creole
- balyena Masbatenyo
- ballen Huave