"orca" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈoɹkə/ [General-American], /ˈɔːkə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-ca-orca.oga [Canada] Forms: orcas [plural], orca [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kə Etymology: Borrowed 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: {{bor|en|la|orca|t=tun, cask; whale}} Latin orca (“tun, cask; whale”), {{m|la|orcus|t=underworld}} orcus (“underworld”), {{glossary|folk etymology|folk-etymology}} folk-etymology, {{doublet|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, orc [archaic] 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 逆戟鲸 (nìjǐjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 虎鯨 (Chinese Mandarin), 虎鲸 (hǔjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 殺人鯨 (Chinese Mandarin), 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), 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), späckhuggare [common-gender] (Swedish), วาฬเพชฌฆาต (waan-pét-chá-kâat) (Thai), kéet (Tlingit), katil balina (Turkish), shamanaj (Yámana)

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    }
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      "word": "orc"
    }
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        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Inuktitut terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)kə",
        "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)kə/2 syllables",
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        {
          "ref": "1876, Alexander Schultz, “Account of the Fisheries and Seal-Hunting in the White Sea, the Arctic Ocean, and the Caspian Sea”, in United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part III. Report of the Commissioner for 1873-4 and 1874-5., Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 55",
          "text": "In the summer, when the weather is calm and beautiful, large flocks of orcæ can be seen approaching the shallow places near the shore, or between the numerous islands of the White Sea. Several fishermen associate for hunting orcæ, each one furnishing a boat, and a large seine made of cords of the thickness of a finger, the meshes being 10½ inches square.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale."
      ],
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          "Orcinus orca",
          "Orcinus orca#Translingual"
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        [
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          "dolphin"
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          "porpoise"
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        [
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          "killer whale"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "grampus"
        },
        {
          "word": "killer whale"
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          "word": "blackfish"
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "word": "moordvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
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      "word": "orka"
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      "word": "レプンカムイ"
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      "lang": "Ainu",
      "roman": "kamuy-humbe",
      "word": "カムイフㇺベ"
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      "roman": "ḥūt qātil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "حُوت قَاتِل"
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    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "oroka",
      "word": "অৰকা"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "word": "orca"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "word": "esperlón"
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      "roman": "kasátka",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "каса́тка"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kosátka",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "word": "逆戟鯨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nìjǐjīng",
      "word": "逆戟鲸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "word": "虎鯨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǔjīng",
      "word": "虎鲸"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "word": "殺人鯨"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shārénjīng",
      "word": "杀人鲸"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kosatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spækhugger"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zwaardwalvis"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "word": "orko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "word": "granda orcino"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "bóghvítuhvalur"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "mastrarhvalur"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "æðuhvalur"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "rovhvalur"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "miekkavalas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "épaulard"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orque"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "candorca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alcandorca"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwertwal"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mörderwal"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Killerwal"
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    {
      "code": "hai",
      "english": "Queen Charlotte Islands",
      "lang": "Haida",
      "word": "sg̱aana"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kardszárnyú delfin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "orka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "gyilkos bálna"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "háhyrningur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "word": "orko"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "word": "seguni"
    },
    {
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "aarlok",
      "word": "ᐋᕐᓗᒃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orca"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゃち",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shachi",
      "word": "鯱"
    },
    {
      "alt": "逆叉",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakamata",
      "word": "さかまた"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beomgorae",
      "word": "범고래"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zobenvalis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "word": "qal'qaləχʷič"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kosatka",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "косатка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "word": "maki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "word": "kākahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "word": "hueyimichtecuani"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ncroja"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spekkhogger"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spekkhoggar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さち",
      "code": "ryu",
      "lang": "Okinawan",
      "roman": "sachi",
      "word": "鯱"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "word": "vagna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "orkâ",
      "word": "ارکا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miecznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kosátka",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коса́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kasátka",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "каса́тка"
    },
    {
      "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": "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"
}
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