We are having a whale of a time.
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Whale
//weɪl//
Synonyms for "whale" (139 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
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More general
10 entriesMore specific
7 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
109 entriesShowing 16 of 109 words.
etymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas property
1 entriesinstance of
1 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
Translations
259 translations across 206 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- джейхэр noun (large sea mammal)
Afrikaans
1 entries- walvis noun (large sea mammal)
Ainu
1 entries- フンペ noun (large sea mammal)
Albanian
1 entries- balenë noun (large sea mammal)
Aleut
1 entries- alax̂ noun (large sea mammal)
Alutor
2 entries- юӈый noun (large sea mammal)
- юӈюӈ noun (large sea mammal)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κῆτος noun (large sea mammal)
- φάλλαινα noun (large sea mammal)
Arabic
2 entries- حُوت noun (large sea mammal)
- حُوت noun (large sea mammal)
Aragonese
1 entries- ballena noun (large sea mammal)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܩܐܛܐ noun (large sea mammal)
Armenian
1 entries- կետ noun (large sea mammal)
Assamese
2 entries- তিমি noun (large sea mammal)
- তিমি মাছ noun (large sea mammal)
Asturian
1 entries- ballena noun (large sea mammal)
Avar
1 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- balina noun (large sea mammal)
- kit noun (large sea mammal)
Balinese
1 entries- paus noun (large sea mammal)
Basque
1 entries- balea noun (large sea mammal)
Bau Bidayuh
2 entries- kien paos noun (large sea mammal)
- paos noun (large sea mammal)
Belarusian
1 entries- кіт noun (large sea mammal)
Bengali
1 entries- তিমি noun (large sea mammal)
Biatah Bidayuh
1 entries- paus noun (large sea mammal)
Bislama
1 entries- welfis noun (large sea mammal)
Breton
1 entries- balum noun (large sea mammal)
Bulgarian
3 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
- бия verb (to beat vigorously)
- пердаша verb (to beat vigorously)
Burmese
2 entries- ငါးဝန် noun (large sea mammal)
- ဝေလငါး noun (large sea mammal)
Catalan
1 entries- balena noun (large sea mammal)
Cebuano
1 entries- balyena noun (large sea mammal)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- نەھەنگ noun (large sea mammal)
Central Melanau
1 entries- pauih noun (large sea mammal)
Chavacano
1 entries- ballena noun (large sea mammal)
Chechen
1 entries- докх noun (large sea mammal)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏓᏆ noun (large sea mammal)
Chinese
3 entries- җинйү noun (large sea mammal)
- 海翁 noun (large sea mammal)
- 鯨魚 /鲸鱼 noun (large sea mammal)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 鯨魚 /鲸鱼 noun (large sea mammal)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 鯨魚 /鲸鱼 noun (large sea mammal)
- 捕鯨 /捕鲸 verb (hunt for whales)
Chukchi
2 entries- ръэв noun (large sea mammal)
- ръэвыт noun (large sea mammal)
Church Slavic
1 entries- к҄итъ noun (large sea mammal)
Cornish
1 entries- morvil noun (large sea mammal)
Corsican
1 entries- balena noun (large sea mammal)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- kit noun (large sea mammal)
Czech
2 entries- velryba noun (large sea mammal)
- velrybařit verb (hunt for whales)
Danish
1 entries- hval noun (large sea mammal)
Dutch
1 entries- walvis noun (large sea mammal)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 鯨魚 /鲸鱼 noun (large sea mammal)
Elfdalian
1 entries- wal noun (large sea mammal)
Emilian
1 entries- baläṅna noun (large sea mammal)
Erzya
1 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
Esperanto
1 entries- baleno noun (large sea mammal)
Estonian
1 entries- vaal noun (large sea mammal)
Even
1 entries- калим noun (large sea mammal)
Evenki
1 entries- калим noun (large sea mammal)
Faroese
1 entries- hvalur noun (large sea mammal)
Fijian
2 entries- tavuto noun (large sea mammal)
- tovuto noun (large sea mammal)
Finnish
2 entries- valas noun (large sea mammal)
- pyytää valaita verb (hunt for whales)
French
1 entries- baleine noun (large sea mammal)
Friulian
1 entries- balene noun (large sea mammal)
Galician
1 entries- balea noun (large sea mammal)
Georgian
1 entries- ვეშაპი noun (large sea mammal)
German
2 entries- Wal noun (large sea mammal)
- verhauen verb (to beat vigorously)
Greek
1 entries- φάλαινα noun (large sea mammal)
Greenlandic
1 entries- arfeq noun (large sea mammal)
Guinea-Bissau Creole
1 entries- baleia noun (large sea mammal)
Gujarati
2 entries- તિમિ noun (large sea mammal)
- વ્હેલ માછલી noun (large sea mammal)
Haida
2 entries- kun noun (large sea mammal)
- kung̱aawagan noun (large sea mammal)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- balèn noun (large sea mammal)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 鯨魚 /鲸鱼 noun (large sea mammal)
Halkomelem
1 entries- qwél:es noun (large sea mammal)
Hawaiian
1 entries- koholā noun (large sea mammal)
Hebrew
1 entries- לווייתן \ לִוְיָתָן noun (large sea mammal)
Hindi
4 entries- तिमि noun (large sea mammal)
- तिमिंगल noun (large sea mammal)
- व्हेल noun (large sea mammal)
- ह्वेल noun (large sea mammal)
Hungarian
2 entries- bálna noun (large sea mammal)
- cet noun (large sea mammal)
Iban
1 entries- ikan bam noun (large sea mammal)
Icelandic
1 entries- hvalur noun (large sea mammal)
Ido
1 entries- baleno noun (large sea mammal)
Ilocano
1 entries- balyena noun (large sea mammal)
Indonesian
1 entries- ikan paus noun (large sea mammal)
Ingrian
1 entries- kiitta noun (large sea mammal)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐊᕐᕕᒃ noun (large sea mammal)
Inupiaq
1 entries- agviq noun (large sea mammal)
Irish
1 entries- míol mór noun (large sea mammal)
Italian
1 entries- balena noun (large sea mammal)
Japanese
3 entries- クジラ noun (large sea mammal)
- 勇魚 noun (large sea mammal)
- 鯨 noun (large sea mammal)
Javanese
3 entries- iwak gajah noun (large sea mammal)
- lodan noun (large sea mammal)
- timinggila noun (large sea mammal)
Kabardian
1 entries- джей noun (large sea mammal)
Kalmyk
1 entries- тул заһсн noun (large sea mammal)
Kannada
1 entries- ತಿಮಿಂಗಿಲ noun (large sea mammal)
Kapampangan
1 entries- dambuala noun (large sea mammal)
Karipúna Creole French
1 entries- balén noun (large sea mammal)
Karok
2 entries- ishkêet noun (large sea mammal)
- ípar noun (large sea mammal)
Kashaya
1 entries- pu·šu noun (large sea mammal)
Kazakh
2 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
- науан noun (large sea mammal)
Khmer
1 entries- ពិន្ទង noun (large sea mammal)
Kildin Sami
1 entries- ва̄лесь noun (large sea mammal)
Klamath-Modoc
1 entries- Ɂalhaq noun (large sea mammal)
Korean
1 entries- 고래 noun (large sea mammal)
Kwak'wala
1 entries- g̱wa̱'ya̱m noun (large sea mammal)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
Ladino
1 entries- balena noun (large sea mammal)
Lao
2 entries- ບາແລນ noun (large sea mammal)
- ວານ noun (large sea mammal)
Latin
1 entries- balaena noun (large sea mammal)
Latvian
1 entries- valis noun (large sea mammal)
Ligurian
1 entries- balénn-a noun (large sea mammal)
Lingala
1 entries- mondɛ́lɛ́ noun (large sea mammal)
Linngithigh
1 entries- thok noun (large sea mammal)
Lithuanian
1 entries- banginis noun (large sea mammal)
Lombard
1 entries- balèna noun (large sea mammal)
Low German
1 entries- Waal noun (large sea mammal)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wjelryba noun (large sea mammal)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Wal noun (large sea mammal)
Macedonian
1 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
Malagasy
1 entries- trozona noun (large sea mammal)
Malay
4 entries- ikan paus noun (large sea mammal)
- lodan noun (large sea mammal)
- mina noun (large sea mammal)
- paus noun (large sea mammal)
Malayalam
1 entries- തിമിംഗലം noun (large sea mammal)
Maltese
2 entries- balena noun (large sea mammal)
- baliena noun (large sea mammal)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠪᠣᠣ ᠨᡳᠮᠠᡥᠠ noun (large sea mammal)
Manx
1 entries- meeyl mooar noun (large sea mammal)
Marathi
1 entries- देवमासा noun (large sea mammal)
Mele-Fila
1 entries- tafurā noun (large sea mammal)
Middle English
1 entries- whal noun (large sea mammal)
Middle Persian
1 entries- 𐭪𐭥𐭩 noun (large sea mammal)
Moksha
1 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
Mongolian
2 entries- халим noun (large sea mammal)
- ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤ noun (large sea mammal)
Māori
1 entries- ika moana noun (large sea mammal)
Nahuatl
1 entries- huēyimichin noun (large sea mammal)
Nanai
1 entries- калима noun (large sea mammal)
Navajo
1 entries- łóóʼtsoh noun (large sea mammal)
Nepali
1 entries- तिमि noun (large sea mammal)
Ngarrindjeri
1 entries- kondoli noun (large sea mammal)
Nheengatu
1 entries- pirawasú noun (large sea mammal)
Nivkh
1 entries- кеӈ noun (large sea mammal)
Nootka
1 entries- ʔiiḥtuup noun (large sea mammal)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- neheng noun (large sea mammal)
Northern Sami
1 entries- fális noun (large sea mammal)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hval noun (large sea mammal)
- kval noun (large sea mammal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kval noun (large sea mammal)
Occitan
1 entries- balena noun (large sea mammal)
Odia
1 entries- ତିମି noun (large sea mammal)
Okinawan
1 entries- ぐじら noun (large sea mammal)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- китъ noun (large sea mammal)
Old English
1 entries- hwæl noun (large sea mammal)
Old French
2 entries- balaine noun (large sea mammal)
- baleine noun (large sea mammal)
Old High German
1 entries- wal noun (large sea mammal)
Old Tupi
1 entries- pirapu'ã noun (large sea mammal)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آطه بالغی noun (large sea mammal)
- بالنه noun (large sea mammal)
Palauan
1 entries- medob noun (large sea mammal)
Pangasinan
1 entries- lampasot noun (large sea mammal)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
Pashto
1 entries- نهنګ noun (large sea mammal)
Persian
2 entries- نهنگ noun (large sea mammal)
- وال noun (large sea mammal)
Piedmontese
1 entries- balen-a noun (large sea mammal)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Waulfesch noun (large sea mammal)
Polish
2 entries- waleń noun (large sea mammal)
- wieloryb noun (large sea mammal)
Portuguese
1 entries- baleia noun (large sea mammal)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- taʻoraha noun (large sea mammal)
Romagnol
1 entries- baléna noun (large sea mammal)
Romanian
1 entries- balenă noun (large sea mammal)
Romansch
1 entries- balena noun (large sea mammal)
Russian
1 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
Saanich
1 entries- ḰENES noun (large sea mammal)
Samoan
1 entries- tafolā noun (large sea mammal)
Sanskrit
1 entries- तिमि noun (large sea mammal)
Scots
1 entries- whaul noun (large sea mammal)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- muc-mhara noun (large sea mammal)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kit noun (large sea mammal)
- velriba noun (large sea mammal)
- велриба noun (large sea mammal)
- кит noun (large sea mammal)
Seri
2 entries- aasj noun (large sea mammal)
- ziix hapx coom noun (large sea mammal)
Sicilian
1 entries- balena noun (large sea mammal)
Sie
1 entries- tovura noun (large sea mammal)
Slovak
1 entries- veľryba noun (large sea mammal)
Slovene
1 entries- kit noun (large sea mammal)
Sotho
1 entries- leruarua noun (large sea mammal)
Spanish
1 entries- ballena noun (large sea mammal)
Swahili
1 entries- nyangumi noun (large sea mammal)
Swedish
1 entries- val noun (large sea mammal)
Tagalog
2 entries- balyena noun (large sea mammal)
- tandayag noun (large sea mammal)
Tahitian
1 entries- tohorā noun (large sea mammal)
Tajik
2 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
- наҳанг noun (large sea mammal)
Tamil
3 entries- சிலக்குணம் noun (large sea mammal)
- சிலத்திற்கடுகு noun (large sea mammal)
- திமிங்கிலம் noun (large sea mammal)
Tatar
1 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
Telugu
1 entries- తిమింగలం noun (large sea mammal)
Tetum
1 entries- baleia noun (large sea mammal)
Thai
2 entries- ปลาวาฬ noun (large sea mammal)
- วาฬ noun (large sea mammal)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཆུ་སྲིན noun (large sea mammal)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ዓሳ ነባሪ noun (large sea mammal)
Tongan
1 entries- tofuāʻa noun (large sea mammal)
Tswana
1 entries- leruarua noun (large sea mammal)
Turkish
1 entries- balina noun (large sea mammal)
Turkmen
1 entries- kit noun (large sea mammal)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кит noun (large sea mammal)
Unami
1 entries- mpiàxkw noun (large sea mammal)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- wjelryba noun (large sea mammal)
Urdu
1 entries- وہیل noun (large sea mammal)
Uyghur
1 entries- كىت noun (large sea mammal)
Uzbek
1 entries- kit noun (large sea mammal)
Venetan
1 entries- bałéna noun (large sea mammal)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cá voi noun (large sea mammal)
- cá ông noun (large sea mammal)
- cá ông voi noun (large sea mammal)
- kình ngư noun (large sea mammal)
Volapük
1 entries- valüt noun (large sea mammal)
Walloon
1 entries- ballaînn noun (large sea mammal)
Welsh
2 entries- morfil noun (large sea mammal)
- morfilod noun (large sea mammal)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- paus noun (large sea mammal)
West-Frisian
1 entries- walfisk noun (large sea mammal)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- be-ti-el noun (large sea mammal)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 鯨魚 /鲸鱼 noun (large sea mammal)
Yiddish
1 entries- וואַלפֿיש noun (large sea mammal)
Yurok
1 entries- hekwsa' noun (large sea mammal)
Yámana
1 entries- wápisa noun (large sea mammal)
Zhuang
1 entries- ginghyiz noun (large sea mammal)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
Throw a sprat to catch a whale.
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The sperm whale can dive to a depth of 1,000 meters.
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The whale has been found off the coast of Wakayama.
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