ballaena

Latin

Alternative forms

• bālaena, ballēna, bālēna

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /balˈlae̯.na/, [bälˈlʲäe̯nä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /balˈle.na/, [bälˈlɛːnä]

Noun

ballaena f (genitive ballaenae); first declension

1. a whale

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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
  • Basque: balea
• Catalan: balena
• Corsican: balena
• Emilian: baläṅna
• → Old French: baleine
  • French: baleine
  • → Middle English: baleyne, balena
    • English: baleen
• Friulian: balene
• → Hungarian: bálna
• Italian: balena (see there for further descendants)
• Karipúna Creole French: balén
• Ladin: balena
• Occitan: balena
• Old Galician-Portuguese: balẽa
  • Galician: balea
  • Portuguese: baleia (see there for further descendants)
• Piedmontese: balena
• Romanian: balenă
• Romansch: balena
• Sardinian: balèna
• Spanish: ballena (see there for further descendants)
• Venetian: bałéna
• Walloon: ballaînn

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.