beluga

See also: Beluga and béluga

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):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈluɡə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːɡə
• Hyphenation: be‧lu‧ga

Noun

beluga (plural belugas)

1. A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.

   Synonyms: beluga whale, melonhead, sea canary, white whale

2. 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

• Beluga

Derived terms

• beluga lentil
• beluga caviar
• narluga

Translations

Delphinapterus leucas

Alutor: риририр (riririr) Assamese: বগা তিমি (boga timi) Basque: beluga (eu), balea zuri Belarusian: бялуха f (bjaluxa) Bulgarian: белу́га f (belúga) Catalan: beluga (ca) f, balena blanca (ca) f, marsuí (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 白鯨 / 白鲸 (zh) (báijīng), 貝魯卡鯨 / 贝鲁卡鲸 (bèilǔkǎ jīng) Chukchi: пурэӄ (purėq), пурэӄыт pl (purėqyt), пуурэӄ (puurėq), пуурэӄыт pl (puurėqyt) Czech: běluha f Danish: hvidhval c Dutch: beloega (nl) Esperanto: belugo Estonian: valgevaal Faroese: hvítfiskur m Finnish: beluga (fi) French: bélouga (fr) m, béluga (fr) m Georgian: თეთრი ვეშაპი (tetri vešaṗi) German: Beluga (de) f, Weißwal (de) m Greek: μπελούγκα (el) f (beloúgka) Greenlandic: qilalugaq qaqortaq Hungarian: beluga (hu), fehér delfin, fehér bálna Indonesian: paus putih, kenari laut Italian: beluga m, balena beluga f, balena bianca f Japanese: 白海豚 (ja) (シロイルカ, shiroiruka) Mongolian: Cyrillic: белуга халим (beluga xalim), цагаан халим (cagaan xalim) (China) Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤ (čaɣan qalimu) Norwegian: Bokmål: hvithval m, kvitkval m Nynorsk: kvitkval m Persian: نهنگ سفید (nahang-e sefid) Polish: białucha f Portuguese: beluga (pt) f Romanian: beluga (ro) f Russian: белу́ха (ru) f (belúxa), (dated, a common misnomer in modern Russian) белу́га (ru) f (belúga) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: белуга f Latin: beluga (sh) f Slovak: bieluha f Slovene: belúga f Spanish: beluga (es) Swedish: vitval (sv) c Turkish: beluga balinası, ak balina, beyaz balina

Huso huso

Azerbaijani: ağbalıq Bashkir: ҡырпа (qırpa) Bulgarian: белу́га f (belúga) Catalan: esturió beluga (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 大鰉魚 / 大鳇鱼 (dàhuángyú), 鱘魚 / 鲟鱼 (zh) (xúnyú) Czech: vyza (cs) f Estonian: beluuga Finnish: kitasampi (fi) Georgian: სვია (ka) (svia) German: Belugastör m, Europäischer Hausen m Hungarian: viza (hu) Icelandic: hússtyrja f, kavíarstyrja f Indonesian: setur besar, ikan beluga Ingrian: beluga Italian: storione beluga m, storione ladano m Japanese: オオチョウザメ (ja) (ōchōzame) Kalmyk: хорв (xorv) Macedonian: моруна f (moruna) Mingrelian: სვია (svia) Nogai: кортпа (kortpa) Old Slovak: vyza f Polish: bieługa (pl) f Romanian: beluga (ro) f, morun (ro) m Russian: белу́га (ru) f (belúga) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мо̀руна Latin: mòruna (sh) Swedish: hus (sv) c Tatar: кырпы (qırpı) Turkish: beluga (tr), büyük mersin, mersin morinası (tr), morina (tr) (proscribed) Turkmen: akbalyk (tk), doky Ukrainian: білу́га (uk) f (bilúha)

Further reading

• beluga (sturgeon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• beluga whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• abulge, blague

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈlu.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beˈlu.ɣa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

beluga f (plural belugues)

1. beluga

   Synonyms: balena blanca, marsuí

Derived terms

• esturió beluga

Further reading

• “beluga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga, “beluga”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeluɡɑ/, [ˈbe̞luɡɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eluɡɑ
• Syllabification^(key): be‧lu‧ga
• Hyphenation^(key): be‧lu‧ga

Noun

beluga

1. beluga, beluga whale, white whale (Delphinapterus leucas).

   Synonym: maitovalas

2. synonym of kitasampi (“Huso huso”) (species of sturgeon).

Declension

Inflection of beluga (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of beluga (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative belugani belugani accusative nom. belugani belugani gen. belugani genitive belugani belugoideni belugoitteni belugaini rare partitive belugaani belugoitani inessive belugassani belugoissani elative belugastani belugoistani illative belugaani belugoihini adessive belugallani belugoillani ablative belugaltani belugoiltani allative belugalleni belugoilleni essive beluganani belugoinani translative belugakseni belugoikseni abessive belugattani belugoittani instructive — — comitative — belugoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative belugasi belugasi accusative nom. belugasi belugasi gen. belugasi genitive belugasi belugoidesi belugoittesi belugaisi rare partitive belugaasi belugoitasi inessive belugassasi belugoissasi elative belugastasi belugoistasi illative belugaasi belugoihisi adessive belugallasi belugoillasi ablative belugaltasi belugoiltasi allative belugallesi belugoillesi essive beluganasi belugoinasi translative belugaksesi belugoiksesi abessive belugattasi belugoittasi instructive — — comitative — belugoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative belugamme belugamme accusative nom. belugamme belugamme gen. belugamme genitive belugamme belugoidemme belugoittemme belugaimme rare partitive belugaamme belugoitamme inessive belugassamme belugoissamme elative belugastamme belugoistamme illative belugaamme belugoihimme adessive belugallamme belugoillamme ablative belugaltamme belugoiltamme allative belugallemme belugoillemme essive beluganamme belugoinamme translative belugaksemme belugoiksemme abessive belugattamme belugoittamme instructive — — comitative — belugoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative beluganne beluganne accusative nom. beluganne beluganne gen. beluganne genitive beluganne belugoidenne belugoittenne belugainne rare partitive belugaanne belugoitanne inessive belugassanne belugoissanne elative belugastanne belugoistanne illative belugaanne belugoihinne adessive belugallanne belugoillanne ablative belugaltanne belugoiltanne allative belugallenne belugoillenne essive belugananne belugoinanne translative belugaksenne belugoiksenne abessive belugattanne belugoittanne instructive — — comitative — belugoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative belugansa belugansa accusative nom. belugansa belugansa gen. belugansa genitive belugansa belugoidensa belugoittensa belugainsa rare partitive belugaansa belugoitaan belugoitansa inessive belugassaan belugassansa belugoissaan belugoissansa elative belugastaan belugastansa belugoistaan belugoistansa illative belugaansa belugoihinsa adessive belugallaan belugallansa belugoillaan belugoillansa ablative belugaltaan belugaltansa belugoiltaan belugoiltansa allative belugalleen belugallensa belugoilleen belugoillensa essive beluganaan beluganansa belugoinaan belugoinansa translative belugakseen belugaksensa belugoikseen belugoiksensa abessive belugattaan belugattansa belugoittaan belugoittansa instructive — — comitative — belugoineen belugoinensa

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian белуга (beluga).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈbeluɡɑ/, [ˈbe̞ɫuˑɡ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈbeluːɡɑ/, [ˈpe̞ɫˑuːɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -eluɡ, -eluːɡɑ
• Hyphenation: be‧lu‧ga

Noun

beluga

1. beluga (European sturgeon)

Declension

Declension of beluga (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	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

• IPA^(key): /beˈlu.ɡa/

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

beluga f (plural belugas)

1. spark
2. flash

Old Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian белуга (beluga). First attested in the 18th century.

Noun

beluga f

1. beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)

Descendants

• Slovak: beluga

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “beluga”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈlu.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈlu.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈlu.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈlu.ɡɐ/ [bɨˈlu.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈbɫu.ɣɐ], [ˈbɫu.ɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: be‧lu‧ga

Noun

beluga f (plural belugas)

1. beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)

Further reading

• “beluga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “beluga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈluɡa/ [beˈlu.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: be‧lu‧ga

Noun

beluga m (plural belugas)

1. beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)

Further reading

• “beluga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024