narval

narval m (plural narvals)

1. narwhal

• IPA^(key): [ˈnarval]

narval m anim

1. narwhal (cetacean)

   Synonym: (obsolete) zuboun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

narval

1. masculine singular past active participle of narvat

• “narval”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “narval”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /naʁ.val/

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narval m (plural narvals)

1. narwhal

• “narval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: nar‧val

narval m (plural narvais)

1. narwhal

Borrowed from French narval.

narval m (plural narvali)

1. narwhal

narval m

1. narwhal

   Synonym: enorog

• “narval”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).

• IPA^(key): /naɾˈbal/ [naɾˈβ̞al]

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: nar‧val

narval m (plural narvales)

1. narwhal

• “narval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Probably by metathesis from Old Norse náhvalr (“corpse whale”), based on nár (“corpse”) and hvalr (“whale”).

narval c

1. narwhal

   Narvalens horn är en tand, eller bete

   A [the] narwhal's horn is a tooth, or tusk

• narval in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• narval in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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