Phrase guide

blue whale

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A whale (Balaenoptera musculus), blue in color and the largest known living animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sulfur bottom, Balaenoptera musculus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: baleen whale, whalebone whale

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: blouwalvis — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Cypriot Arabic: latn — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Assamese: নীলা তিমি (nila timi) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Azerbaijani: göy balina — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Belarusian: блакітны кіт (blakitny kit) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Catalan: rorqual blau — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Catalan: balena blava — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏌᎪᏂᎨ ᏓᏆ (asagonige daqua) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藍鯨 /蓝鲸 (lánjīng) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Czech: plejtvák obrovský — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Danish: blåhval — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Dutch: blauwe vinvis — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Esperanto: blua baleno — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Estonian: sinivaal — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Faroese: royður — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Finnish: sinivalas — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • French: baleine bleue — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • French: rorqual bleu — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • French: rorqual de Sibbald — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • German: Blauwal — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Greek: γαλάζια φάλαινα (galázia fálaina) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Greenlandic: tunnulik — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן כָּחוֹל (livyatán kaḥól) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Hungarian: kék bálna — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Hungarian: óriás bálna — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Icelandic: steypireyður — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Indonesian: paus biru — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Italian: balenottera azzurra — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Japanese: 白長須鯨 (shironagasu kujira) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Korean: 대왕고래 (daewanggorae) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Kyrgyz: көк кит (kök kit) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Malay: paus biru — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Malayalam: നീലത്തിമിംഗിലം (nīlattimiṅgilaṁ) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Maltese: balena kaħla — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Maltese: balena bluna — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Mongolian: хөх судалт халим (xöx sudalt xalim) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Mongolian: цэнхэр халим (cenxer xalim) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠬᠡ ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠯᠲᠤ ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤ (köke sudaltu qalimu) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠡᠩᠬᠡᠷ ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤ (čengker qalimu) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåhval — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåkval — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blåkval — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Polish: płetwal błękitny — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Portuguese: baleia-azul — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Romanian: balenă albastră — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Romanian: balenă uriașă — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Russian: блюва́л (bljuvál) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Russian: си́ний кит (sínij kit) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Russian: голубо́й кит (golubój kit) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Russian: си́ний полоса́тик (sínij polosátik) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Russian: голубо́й полоса́тик (golubój polosátik) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Slovak: vráskavec obrovský — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Slovene: sinji kit — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Spanish: rorcual azul — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Spanish: ballena azul — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Swahili: nyangumi buluu — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Swedish: blåval — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Telugu: నీలి తిమింగలం (nīli timiṅgalaṁ) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Thai: วาฬสีน้ําเงิน (waan-sǐi-nám-ngən) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Turkish: gök balina — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Ukrainian: синій кит (synij kyt) — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Vietnamese: cá voi xanh — a whale, Balaenoptera musculus