baleia-franca
Portuguese, noun
baleia-franca is spelled B-A-L-E-I-A-F-R-A-N-C-A (12 letters). Baleia-franca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “right whale (baleen whales belonging to the family Balaenidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designação dada às espécies de mamífero da ordem dos cetáceos , família Balaenidae”.
What does baleia-franca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineright whale (baleen whales belonging to the family Balaenidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. designação dada às espécies de mamífero da ordem dos cetáceos , família Balaenidae
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of baleia-franca
- baleias-francas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).