baleine

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

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɛn/
  • (France, une baleine) IPA^(key): [yn baˈlɛn]
• (Eastern Quebec) IPA^(key): [baˈlɛn]
• (Western Quebec) IPA^(key): [baˈlẽɪ̯̃n], [baˈlæ̃ɪ̯̃n], [baˈlãɪ̯̃n]
  • (Estrie, Quebec) IPA^(key): [baˈlæ̃ɪ̯̃nə̆]
• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Homophones: baleinent, baleines

baleine f (plural baleines)

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

baleine

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

• “baleine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• abélien

• balaine

Latin bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina)

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

1. whale (mammal)

• French: baleine