baleno

From French baleine; Italian balena; Spanish ballena.

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• IPA^(key): /baˈleno/
• Hyphenation: ba‧le‧no
• Rhymes: -eno

baleno (accusative singular balenon, plural balenoj, accusative plural balenojn)

1. whale

   Baleno ne estas fiŝo. ― A whale is not a fish.

• blua baleno (“blue whale”)

• IPA^(key): /baˈle.no/, [bäˈl̺e̞ːn̺o]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: ba‧lé‧no

Back-formation from balenare (“to flash, lighten”).

baleno m (plural baleni)

1. flash

• lampo
• istante
• attimo

• in un baleno

See the etymology of the main entry.

baleno

1. first-person singular present indicative of balenare

• belano, Bolena