sei whale

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sei whale (plural sei whales)

1. A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera borealis).

Translations

whale of the rorqual family

• Catalan: rorqual del nord (ca) m, rorqual boreal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞鯨 / 塞鲸 (sāijīng)

• Danish: sejhval c
• Faroese: seiðhvalur m
• Finnish: seitivalas
• French: rorqual boréal (fr) m
• Galician: rorcual boreal (gl) m
• German: Seiwal m
• Greek: βορειοφάλαινα f (voreiofálaina)
• Greenlandic: tikaagulliusaarnaq
• Icelandic: sandreyður (is) f
• Italian: balenottera boreale f
• Japanese: 鰯鯨 (ja) (iwashi-kujira)
• Korean: 보리고래 (borigorae)
• Northern Sami: sáidefális
• Norwegian: seihval m
• Polish: sejwal m
• Portuguese: baleia-sei f, baleia-boreal (pt) f
• Russian: сейва́л (ru) m (sejvál), сайдяно́й кит m (sajdjanój kit), ивасёвый кит m (ivasjóvyj kit), ивасёвый полоса́тик m (ivasjóvyj polosátik)
• Spanish: rorcual norteño m
• Swedish: sejval (sv) c