la
feminine
/baˈʎena/
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Translation
whale
Word origin
From Latin ballaena, from Greek phallaina ('whale'). The same Latin root gives English 'baleen', the filter plates in a whale's mouth.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ballaena
- English cognates
- baleen
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralballenas
Examples
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The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet.
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We saw a whale leap near the boat.
miles .
Whales travel thousands of kilometres every year.
¡, !
Look, a whale by the coast!
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The museum has the skeleton of an enormous whale.
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