"orca" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈoɹkə/ [General-American], /ˈɔːkə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-ca-orca.oga Forms: orcas [plural], orca [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kə Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin orca (“tun, cask; whale”), see there for more. Although the origin is obscure, the sometimes-cited association with orcus (“underworld”) is folk-etymology. Doublet of orc. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|orca|t=tun, cask; whale}} Learned borrowing from Latin orca (“tun, cask; whale”), {{glossary|folk etymology|folk-etymology}} folk-etymology, {{dbt|en|orc#Etymology 1}} Doublet of orc Head templates: {{en-noun|s|orca}} orca (plural orcas or orca)
  1. A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale. Wikipedia link: orca Categories (lifeform): Delphinids Synonyms: grampus, killer whale, blackfish Derived forms: Southern resident orca Related terms: ork, orc Translations: moordvis (Afrikaans), orka (Afrikaans), レプンカムイ (repun-kamuy) (Ainu), カムイフㇺベ (kamuy-humbe) (Ainu), حُوت قَاتِل (ḥūt qātil) [masculine] (Arabic), অৰকা (oroka) (Assamese), orca (Asturian), esperlón (Asturian), каса́тка (kasátka) [feminine] (Belarusian), коса́тка (kosátka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), orca [feminine] (Catalan), 逆戟鯨 /逆戟鲸 (nìjǐjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 虎鯨 /虎鲸 (hǔjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 殺人鯨 /杀人鲸 (shārénjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), kosatka [feminine] (Czech), spækhugger [common-gender] (Danish), orka [masculine] (Dutch), zwaardwalvis [masculine] (Dutch), orko (Esperanto), granda orcino (Esperanto), bóghvítuhvalur [masculine] (Faroese), mastrarhvalur [masculine] (Faroese), mastrarfiskur [masculine] (Faroese), æðuhvalur [masculine] (Faroese), rovhvalur [masculine] (Faroese), steyrhvalur [masculine] (Faroese), miekkavalas (Finnish), épaulard [masculine] (French), orque [feminine] (French), candorca [feminine] (Galician), alcandorca [feminine] (Galician), Schwertwal [masculine] (German), Mörderwal [masculine] (German), Killerwal [masculine] (German), sg̱aana (english: Queen Charlotte Islands) (Haida), kardszárnyú delfin (Hungarian), orka (Hungarian), gyilkos bálna (Hungarian), háhyrningur [masculine] (Icelandic), orko (Ido), seguni (Indonesian), ᐋᕐᓗᒃ (aarlok) (Inuktitut), orca [feminine] (Italian), (shachi) (alt: しゃち) (Japanese), さかまた (sakamata) (alt: 逆叉) (Japanese), 범고래 (beomgorae) (Korean), zobenvalis [masculine] (Latvian), qal'qaləχʷič (Lushootseed), косатка (kosatka) [feminine] (Macedonian), maki (Maori), kākahi (Maori), हिंसक देवमासा (hiusak devmāsā) [masculine] (Marathi), ऑर्का (ŏrkā) [masculine] (Marathi), hueyimichtecuani (Nahuatl), ncroja [feminine] (Neapolitan), spekkhogger [masculine] (Norwegian), spekkhoggar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), (sachi) (alt: さち) (Okinawan), vagna (Old Norse), ارکا (orkâ) (Persian), orka [feminine] (Polish), miecznik [masculine] (Polish), orca [feminine] (Portuguese), orca [feminine] (Romanian), коса́тка (kosátka) [feminine] (Russian), каса́тка (kasátka) [feminine] (Russian), кит-уби́йца (kit-ubíjca) [masculine] (Russian), cana [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), mada-chuain [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), kosatka [feminine] (Slovak), orca [feminine] (Spanish), orco [masculine] (Spanish), urca [feminine] (Spanish), späckhuggare [common-gender] (Swedish), วาฬเพชฌฆาต (waan-pét-chá-kâat) (Thai), kéet (Tlingit), katil balina (Turkish), shamanaj (Yámana)
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          "roman": "nìjǐjīng",
          "word": "逆戟鯨 /逆戟鲸"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kit-ubíjca",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кит-уби́йца"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cana"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mada-chuain"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kosatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "späckhuggare"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "waan-pét-chá-kâat",
      "word": "วาฬเพชฌฆาต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tli",
      "lang": "Tlingit",
      "word": "kéet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "word": "katil balina"
    },
    {
      "code": "yag",
      "lang": "Yámana",
      "word": "shamanaj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orca"
}

Download raw JSONL data for orca meaning in English (10.9kB)

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  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: \"''Orcinus orca''\", 2: 'killer whale'}",
  "path": [
    "orca",
    "Template:trans-top-see",
    "TEMPLATE_FN"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "orca",
  "trace": ""
}

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