cachalote

English

Noun

cachalote (plural cachalotes)

Alternative form of cacholote

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃaˈlɔte/ [kɑ.t͡ʃaˈlɔ.t̪ɪ]
Rhymes: -ɔte
Hyphenation: ca‧cha‧lo‧te

Noun

cachalote m (plural cachalotes)

sperm whale

Portuguese

Etymology

From cachola +‎ -ote.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʃaˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʃaˈlɔ.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʃɐˈlɔ.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.t͡ʃɐˈlɔ.tɨ/

Noun

cachalote m (plural cachalotes)

cachalot, sperm whale

Descendants

→ Catalan: catxalot
→ French: cachalot
- → English: cachalot
- → Polish: kaszalot
  - → Kashubian: kaszalot
- → Romanian: cașalot
- → Russian: кашало́т (kašalót)
  - → Armenian: կաշալոտ (kašalot)
  - → Kazakh: кашалот (kaşalot)
  - → Kyrgyz: кашалот (kaşalot)
→ Spanish: cachalote

Further reading

“cachalote” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cachalote.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃaˈlote/ [ka.t͡ʃaˈlo.t̪e]
Audio (Spain): (file)
Rhymes: -ote
Syllabification: ca‧cha‧lo‧te

Noun

cachalote m (plural cachalotes)

cachalot, sperm whale

Further reading

“cachalote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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