English

Orca

Noun

orca ‎(plural orcas or orca)

1. A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.

Synonyms

• grampus
• killer whale

Translations

See also

• ork, orc

Anagrams

• arco, Caro, Cora, ocra

Galician

Noun

orca f ‎(plural orcas)

1. orca, killer whale

Synonyms

• candorca

Hungarian

Etymology

A compound of orr and száj (orrszáj), transformed to orca over the centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈort͡sɒ]
• Hyphenation: or‧ca

Noun

orca ‎(plural orcák)

1. (archaic) face
   • 1844, Sándor Petőfi, János vitéz, chapter 4, stanza 5, lines 1–2:

     „Hej, Iluskám! hogyne volnék én halovány, / Mikor szép orcádat utószor látom tán...”

   • 1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember, part 1, chapter 2:

     A kormányos ölnyi termetű kemény férfi volt, erősen rezes arcszínnel, a két orcáján a pirosság vékony hajszálerek szövevényében fejezte ki magát, miktől a szeme fehére is recés volt.

Declension

Synonyms

• arc

Derived terms

• álorca

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔrka/

Noun

orca f ‎(plural orche)

1. killer whale; orca

Synonyms

• balena assassina

Anagrams

• acro
• arco
• caro
• ocra
• roca

Latin

Etymology

Either borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕρχη ‎(húrkhē, “earthen fish-salting vessel”), or else both borrowed separately from a substrate Mediterranean language. The sense of whale is likely influenced by ὄρυξ ‎(órux, “pickaxe; oryx; narwhale”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ka/, [ˈɔr.ka]

Noun

orca f ‎(genitive orcae); first declension

1. orc (kind of whale)
2. butt, tun (large-bellied vessel)

Inflection

First declension.

References

• orca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• orca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ORCA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “orca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• orca in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• orca in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

orca f (plural orcas)

1. orca.

Synonyms

• baleia-assassina

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin orca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾka/

Noun

orca f ‎(plural orcas, masculine orco)

1. orca, killer whale.

Synonyms

• ballena asesina f

Anagrams

• arco, caro, cora, raco, roca