Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sei whale

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
sei whale
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera borealis).

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sei whales (plural)

Synonyms

balaenoptera borealis

Questions

What does sei whale mean?
A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera borealis).
Where does sei whale come from?
It is traced to Norwegian.

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