rorqual
English edit
Etymology edit
From Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr (“fin whale”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔɹkwəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔːkwəl/
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Noun edit
rorqual (plural rorquals)
- Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.
- 2001 [1873], Frederick Paul Walter, transl., 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, Wikisource / Project Gutenberg, translation of Vingt mille lieues sous les mers by Jules Verne:
- Now then, the biggest whales, those rorqual whales that frequent the waterways of the Aleutian Islands, have never exceeded a length of 56 meters--if they reach even that.
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Translations edit
whale with long skin folds below mouth
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French rorqual, from Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval (“furrow whale”), from Old Norse reyðarhvalr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rorqual m (plural rorquals)
- rorqual (any whale species with long skin folds below mouth)
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Further reading edit
- “rorqual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval (“furrow whale”), from Old Norse reyðarhvalr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rorqual m (plural rorquals)
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Descendants edit
- → Catalan: rorqual
Further reading edit
- “rorqual”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rorqual m (plural rorquais)
- rorqual (any whale species with long skin folds below mouth)