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balenă
whale /baˈle.nə/
noun#3570 most common
Example sentences
Balena este un animal mare.
The whale is a big animal.
Am văzut o balenă la muzeu.
I saw a whale at the museum.
Balenele trăiesc în ocean.
Whales live in the ocean.
Balena albastră este cel mai mare animal de pe Pământ.
The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth.
Cercetătorii au urmărit migrația balenelor de-a lungul coastei.
Researchers tracked the whales' migration along the coast.
Deși vânătoarea de balene este interzisă în multe țări, unele națiuni continuă această practică controversată.
Although whale hunting is banned in many countries, some nations continue this controversial practice.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | balena | balenele |
| Genitive | balenei | balenelor |
| Accusative | balena | balenele |
| Vocative | baleno | balenelor |
Word family
balenarrelating to whaling; a whaler
balenierăwhaling ship
vânătoare de balenewhale hunting
balenă albastrăblue whale
Etymology
Balenă entered Romanian through French baleine, which traces back to Latin balaena. The Latin word itself came from Greek phálaina, an old term for large sea creatures. The chain reflects how Romanian absorbed many modern scientific and everyday terms from French during the 19th century.
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