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baleine.

whale (mammal)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ba.lɛn/French, Paris, standard/ba.ˈlɛ.nə//ba.lɛːn//ba.lɛn/Eastern, Quebec

  1. whale (mammal)

    feminine

  2. whalebone, bone; stay (prop for clothing, in particular corsets)

    feminine

  3. landwhale

    feminine · informal · offensive
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ba.lɛn/French, Paris, standard/ba.ˈlɛ.nə//ba.lɛːn//ba.lɛn/Eastern, Quebec

  1. inflection of baleiner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of baleiner: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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