Phrase guide

blue shark

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /bluː ʃɑːrk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A long blue shark, resembling a great white shark but smaller, of the species Prionace glauca.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: great blue shark, Prionace glauca

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: requiem shark

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: peshkaqeni jeshil — long blue shark
  • Albanian: peshkaqeni blu — long blue shark
  • Asturian: canía — long blue shark
  • Asturian: caella — long blue shark
  • Asturian: tintorera — long blue shark
  • Catalan: tintorera — long blue shark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大青鯊 /大青鲨 — long blue shark
  • Corsican: pesciu cane — long blue shark
  • Finnish: sinihai — long blue shark
  • Galician: quenlla — long blue shark
  • German: Blauhai — long blue shark
  • Ingrian: siniin akula — long blue shark
  • Irish: siorc gorm — long blue shark
  • Italian: verdesca — long blue shark
  • Japanese: ヨシキリザメ (yoshikirizame) — long blue shark
  • Japanese: 葦切鮫 (yoshikirizame) — long blue shark
  • Māori: matawhā — long blue shark
  • Māori: aupounamu — long blue shark
  • Māori: mangō au pounamu — long blue shark
  • Māori: mangō pounamu — long blue shark
  • Māori: taha pounamu — long blue shark
  • Navajo: łóóʼ hashkéhé dootłʼizhígíí — long blue shark
  • Polish: żarłacz błękitny — long blue shark
  • Polish: rekin błękitny — long blue shark
  • Portuguese: tubarão-azul — long blue shark
  • Romanian: rechin albastru — long blue shark
  • Russian: си́няя аку́ла (sínjaja akúla) — long blue shark
  • Russian: голуба́я аку́ла (golubája akúla) — long blue shark
  • Russian: моко́й (mokój) — long blue shark
  • Serbo-Croatian: модруљ — long blue shark
  • Serbo-Croatian: modrulj — long blue shark
  • Slovak: žralok belasý — long blue shark
  • Slovak: žralok modrý — long blue shark
  • Slovak: žralok obyčajný — long blue shark
  • Slovak: žralok modrastý — long blue shark
  • Slovak: žralok sivý — long blue shark
  • Spanish: tintorera — long blue shark
  • Swedish: blåhaj — long blue shark
  • Turkish: pamuk balığı — long blue shark
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاموق بالغی (pamuk balığı) — long blue shark