English
Noun
whaling (countable and uncountable, plural whalings)
- The practice of hunting whales.
- The practice of spotting whales.
- (informal) A beating.
Translations
practice of hunting whales
- Arabic: صَيْد اَلْحِيتَان m (ṣayd al-ḥītān)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 捕鯨 (zh), 捕鲸 (zh) (bǔjīng)
- Czech: lov velryb m
- Dutch: walvisvaart, walvisjacht f, m
- Esperanto: balenĉasado, balenkaptado
- Estonian: vaalapüük
- Finnish: valaanpyynti
- French: chasse à la baleine f
- German: Walfang (de) m
- Hungarian: bálnavadászat (hu)
- Icelandic: hvalveiðar
- Italian: caccia alla balena f
- Japanese: 捕鯨 (ほげい, hogei)
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- Korean: 고래잡이 (goraejabi)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hvalfangst m
- Nynorsk: kvalfangst m
- Polish: wielorybnictwo (pl) n
- Portuguese: baleação f
- Russian: охо́та на кито́в f (oxóta na kitóv), китобо́йный про́мысел m (kitobójnyj prómysel)
- Serbo-Croatian: китолов m, kitolov (sh) m, лов на китове m, lov na kitove m
- Spanish: caza de ballenas f
- Swedish: valfångst
- Vietnamese: săn bắt cá voi, sự đánh cá voi, nghề đánh cá voi
- Volapük: valütifan (vo)
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Synonyms
See also
Verb
whaling
- present participle of whale