baleine

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See also: baleiné

French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba.lɛ(ː)n/
    • Audio (France); une baleine [yn bäˈlɛn]:(file)
    • (Eastern Quebec) IPA(key): [baˈlɛn]
    • (Western Quebec) IPA(key): [baˈlẽɪ̯̃n], [-læ̃ɪ̯̃n], [-lãɪ̯̃n]
    • Audio (Quebec, Estrie); [baˈlɛ̃ɪ̯̃nə̆]:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • Homophones: baleinent, baleines

Noun

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baleine f (plural baleines)

  1. whale (mammal)
  2. whalebone
  3. (informal, offensive) landwhale

Derived terms

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Verb

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baleine

  1. inflection of baleiner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina)

Noun

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baleine oblique singularf (oblique plural baleines, nominative singular baleine, nominative plural baleines)

  1. whale (mammal)

Descendants

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  • French: baleine
  • Middle English: baleyne, balena