See also: narvál

Catalan

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Noun

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narval m (plural narvals)

  1. narwhal

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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narval m anim

  1. narwhal (cetacean)
    Synonym: (obsolete) zuboun
Declension
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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narval

  1. masculine singular past active participle of narvat

Further reading

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

French

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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narval m (plural narvals)

  1. narwhal

Paronyms

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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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).

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

Noun

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narval m (plural narvais)

  1. narwhal

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French narval.

Noun

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narval m (plural narvali)

  1. narwhal

Declension

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

Slovene

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Noun

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narval m

  1. narwhal
    Synonym: enorog

Further reading

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /naɾˈbal/ [naɾˈβ̞al]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: nar‧val

Noun

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narval m (plural narvales)

  1. narwhal

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Swedish

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en narval och en dykare [a narwhal and a diver]

Etymology

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

Noun

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narval c

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

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