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baleine boréale

French, noun/ba.lɛn bɔ.ʁe.al/

baleine boréale is a French feminine noun meaning “bowhead whale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de grande baleine franche des eaux froides arctiques et subarctiques, aux formes arrondies, de couleur…”.

What does baleine boréale mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebowhead whale

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Espèce de grande baleine franche des eaux froides arctiques et subarctiques, aux formes arrondies, de couleur sombre, mais au menton et à la base de la queue blancs.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of baleine boréale

  • baleines boréales plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce baleine boréale?

  • /ba.lɛn bɔ.ʁe.al/
  • \ba.lɛn bɔ.ʁe.al\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to baleine boréale

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.