baleine

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French word baleine comes from Proto-Indo-European *bhlē-, and later Latin ballaena (A whale.)

*bhlē- (Proto-Indo-European)

φάλλαινα (Ancient Greek)

φάλαινα (Ancient Greek)

A whale.

baleine (French)

(informal, offensive) landwhale. Whale (mammal). Whalebone.

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