narval

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See also: narvál

Catalan

Noun

narval m (plural narvals)

  1. narwhal

Czech

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

narval m anim

  1. narwhal (cetacean)
    Synonym: (obsolete) zuboun
Declension
Declension of narval (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative narval narvalové
genitive narvala narvalů
dative narvalovi, narvalu narvalům
accusative narvala narvaly
vocative narvale narvalové
locative narvalovi, narvalu narvalech
instrumental narvalem narvaly
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

narval

  1. masculine singular past active participle of narvat

Further reading

  • “narval”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “narval”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʁ.val/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

narval m (plural narvals)

  1. narwhal

Paronyms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: nar‧val

Noun

narval m (plural narvais)

  1. narwhal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French narval.

Noun

narval m (plural narvali)

  1. narwhal

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative narval narvalul narvali narvalii
genitive-dative narval narvalului narvali narvalilor
vocative narvalule narvalilor

Slovene

Noun

narval m

  1. narwhal
    Synonym: enorog

Further reading

  • “narval”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

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Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).

Pronunciation

Noun

narval m (plural narvales)

  1. narwhal

Further reading

Swedish

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en narval och en dykare

Etymology

Probably by metathesis from Old Norse náhvalr (“corpse whale”), based on nár (“corpse”) and hvalr (“whale”).

Noun

narval c

  1. narwhal
    Narvalens horn är en tand, eller bete
    A narwhal's horn is a tooth, or tusk

Declension

Declension of narval
nominative genitive
singular indefinite narval narvals
definite narvalen narvalens
plural indefinite narvalar narvalars
definite narvalarna narvalarnas

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