Phrase guide

sei whale

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera borealis).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

similar to but smaller than the finback whale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Balaenoptera borealis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rorqual, razorback

History

Etymology

Partial translation of Norwegian seihval, seikval, from sei (“pollock”) + hval/kval (“whale”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: rorqual del nord — whale of the rorqual family
  • Catalan: rorqual boreal — whale of the rorqual family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塞鯨 /塞鲸 (sāijīng) — whale of the rorqual family
  • Danish: sejhval — whale of the rorqual family
  • Faroese: seiðhvalur — whale of the rorqual family
  • Finnish: seitivalas — whale of the rorqual family
  • French: rorqual boréal — whale of the rorqual family
  • Galician: rorcual boreal — whale of the rorqual family
  • German: Seiwal — whale of the rorqual family
  • Greek: βορειοφάλαινα (voreiofálaina) — whale of the rorqual family
  • Greenlandic: tikaagulliusaarnaq — whale of the rorqual family
  • Icelandic: sandreyður — whale of the rorqual family
  • Italian: balenottera boreale — whale of the rorqual family
  • Japanese: 鰯鯨 (iwashi-kujira) — whale of the rorqual family
  • Korean: 보리고래 (borigorae) — whale of the rorqual family
  • Norwegian: seihval — whale of the rorqual family
  • Polish: sejwal — whale of the rorqual family
  • Portuguese: baleia-sei — whale of the rorqual family
  • Portuguese: baleia-boreal — whale of the rorqual family
  • Russian: сейва́л (sejvál) — whale of the rorqual family
  • Russian: сайдяно́й кит (sajdjanój kit) — whale of the rorqual family
  • Russian: ивасёвый кит (ivasjóvyj kit) — whale of the rorqual family
  • Russian: ивасёвый полоса́тик (ivasjóvyj polosátik) — whale of the rorqual family
  • Northern Sami: sáidefális — whale of the rorqual family
  • Spanish: rorcual norteño — whale of the rorqual family
  • Swedish: sejval — whale of the rorqual family