narval

narval m (plural narvals)

1. narwhal

• IPA^(key): [ˈnarval]

narval m

1. narwhal

narval

1. third-person masculine singular past of narvat

• IPA^(key): /naʁ.val/

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narval m (plural narvals)

1. narwhal

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

From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).

• IPA^(key): /naɾˈval/

narval m (plural narvais)

1. narwhal

narval m

1. narwhal

   Synonym: enorog

• “narval” in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU - portal Fran

From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).

• IPA^(key): /narˈbal/, [narˈβal]

narval m (plural narvales)

1. narwhal

• “narval” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Probably by metathesis from Old Norse náhvalr (“corpse whale”), based on nár (“corpse”) and hvalr (“whale”).

narval

1. narwhal