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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”).
In modern standard Russian, белу́га (belúga) denotes the fish Huso huso only, while белу́ха (belúxa) denotes the cetacean.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈluːɡə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈluɡə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːɡə
- Hyphenation: be‧lu‧ga
Noun
beluga (plural belugas)
- A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
- Synonyms: beluga whale, melonhead, sea canary, white whale
- A fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
- Synonym: European sturgeon
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Translations
Delphinapterus leucas
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Huso huso
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Further reading
beluga (sturgeon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
beluga whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”).
Pronunciation
Noun
beluga f (plural belugues)
- beluga
- Synonyms: balena blanca, marsuí
Derived terms
Further reading
- “beluga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish
Etymology
< Russian белу́га (belúga, “beluga”)
Pronunciation
Noun
beluga
- beluga, beluga whale, white whale (Delphinapterus leucas).
- Synonym: maitovalas
- Synonym of kitasampi (“Huso huso”) (species of sturgeon).
Declension
Inflection of beluga (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | beluga | belugat | |
genitive | belugan | belugoiden belugoitten | |
partitive | belugaa | belugoita | |
illative | belugaan | belugoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | beluga | belugat | |
accusative | nom. | beluga | belugat |
gen. | belugan | ||
genitive | belugan | belugoiden belugoitten belugain rare | |
partitive | belugaa | belugoita | |
inessive | belugassa | belugoissa | |
elative | belugasta | belugoista | |
illative | belugaan | belugoihin | |
adessive | belugalla | belugoilla | |
ablative | belugalta | belugoilta | |
allative | belugalle | belugoille | |
essive | belugana | belugoina | |
translative | belugaksi | belugoiksi | |
abessive | belugatta | belugoitta | |
instructive | — | belugoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Ingrian
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0_%28Huso_huso%29.jpg/220px-%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0_%28Huso_huso%29.jpg)
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian белуга (beluga).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈbeluɡɑ/, [ˈbe̞ɫuɡ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈbeluːɡɑ/, [ˈpe̞ɫˑuːɡ̊ɑ]
- Rhymes: -eluɡ, -eluːɡɑ
- Hyphenation: be‧lu‧ga
Noun
beluga
Declension
Declension of beluga (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | beluga | belugat |
genitive | belugan | belugoin |
partitive | belugaa | belugoja |
illative | belugaa | belugoihe |
inessive | belugaas | belugois |
elative | belugast | belugoist |
allative | belugalle | belugoille |
adessive | belugaal | belugoil |
ablative | belugalt | belugoilt |
translative | belugaks | belugoiks |
essive | beluganna, belugaan | belugoinna, belugoin |
exessive1) | belugant | belugoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 397
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
beluga f (plural belugas)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
beluga f (plural belugas)
- beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)
Spanish
Noun
beluga m (plural belugas)
- beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)
Further reading
- “beluga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- ca:Cetaceans
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- fi:Cetaceans
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