baleineau
French, noun/ba.lɛ.no/
baleineau is a French masculine noun meaning “whale calf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit de la baleine”.
What does baleineau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerarewhale calf
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit de la baleine.
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 baleineau
- baleineaux plural
- baleinelle feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baleineau?
- /ba.lɛ.no/
- /ba.le.no/
- \ba.lɛ.no\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is baleineau in French?
baleineau appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).