narval

See also: narvál

Catalan

Noun

narval m (plural narvals)

1. narwhal

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

narval

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnarval]

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

• narvalí

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
• “narval”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naʁ.val/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

narval m (plural narvals)

1. narwhal

Paronyms

• Marval

Further reading

• “narval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naʁˈvaw/ [naɦˈvaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naʁˈvaw/ [naɦˈvaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /naɾˈvaw/ [naɾˈvaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /naʁˈvaw/ [naʁˈvaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /naɻˈvaw/ [naɻˈvaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐɾˈval/ [nɐɾˈvaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐɾˈval/ [nɐɾˈvaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐɾˈbal/ [nɐɾˈβaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐɾˈva.li/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

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

Noun

narval m (plural narvais)

1. narwhal

Further reading

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

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

   Synonyms: enorog, enorožec, samorog

Further reading

• “narval”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

narval

Wikipedia ^es

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

• IPA^(key): /naɾˈbal/ [naɾˈβ̞al]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: nar‧val

Noun

narval m (plural narvales)

1. narwhal

Further reading

• “narval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

narval

Wikipedia ^sv

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 [the] 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

References

• narval in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• narval in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• navlar