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No, no, I have no liking for bears and wolves, though a whale, in my eye, is very much the same sort of fish as a red herring after it is dried and salted.Non, non, je n’ai aucun goût pour les loups et les ours, quoique à mes yeux une baleine soit à peu près le même genre de poisson qu’un hareng séché et salé.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
Now, I daresay that there isn't such a thing as a whale in all your lake, Master Pathfinder?"J’ose dire qu’il n’y a pas une baleine dans tout votre lac, maître Pathfinder.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
We told him not to be afraid, but to speak the plain truth: Was it the fossil of a pre-Adamite whale, or was it an early Roman coffin?Nous l’encourageâmes à parler sans crainte et à nous dire toute la vérité. Était-ce un fossile de baleine antédiluvienne ou un sarcophage romain ?Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateauTrois hommes dans le bateauJerome, Jerome KlapkaThree Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka
This primal cell will undergo, thanks to them, the series of transformation which lead it to form a tree, a bird, a whale, or a man.Cette cellule primitive subira, grâce à elles, la série de transformations qui la conduiront à former un arbre, un oiseau, une baleine ou un homme.Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
No sail whitened the surface, no whale or other fish gambolled on its bosom, no sign of use or service rewarded the longest and most minute gaze at its boundless expanse.Nulle voile ne se montrait sur sa surface ; on n’y voyait sauter ni baleine ni aucun autre poisson ; nul signe d’utilité ne récompensait l’œil longtemps fixé sur son immense étendue.Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
Cetaceans (whales and porpoises): Physeteridae; Belaenopteridae; Balenidae; Eschrichtiidae; Monodontidae; Ziphiidae; Delphinidae.Cétacés (baleines et marsouins): Physeteridae, Belaenopteridae, Balenidae, Eschrichtiidae, Monodontidae, Ziphiidae, Delphinidae.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/27/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 8/27/2009
Where are your combing seas, your blue water, your rollers, your breakers, your whales, or your waterspouts, and your endless motion, in this bit of a forest, child?"Où sont vos vagues écumantes, votre eau bleue, vos brisants, vos baleines, vos trombes, et votre roulis perpétuel des ondes dans cette miniature de forêt, mon enfant ?Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac OntarioLe lac OntarioCooper, James FenimoreThe Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore© State University of New York 1981
In the window was a miniature Japanese garden with broken-back bridges and ponds where the goldfish looked big as whales.A la devanture il y avait un jardin japonais en miniature avec des ponts en dos-d'âne, et des bassins où les poissons rouges semblaient gros comme des baleines.Dos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferManhattan TransferDos Passos, John© Editions Gallimard, 1928, pour la traduction francaise.Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John© 1925 by John Dos Passos© 1953 by Elizabeth Dos Passos
Studying Contamination - Toxins in Killer WhalesÉtude des contaminants - Toxines chez l'Orque© Sa Majeste la Reine du chef du Canada, 2008http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/3/2012© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2008http://www.ec.gc.ca 4/3/2012
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Collocations
humpback whale
baleine à bosse
fin whale
rorqual commun
gray whale
baleine grise
whale shark
requin baleine
white whale
béluga
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
Convention internationale pour la réglementation de la chasse à la baleine
Word forms
whale
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | whaled |
Imperative | whale |
Present Participle (Participle I) | whaling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | whaled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I whale | we whale |
you whale | you whale |
he/she/it whales | they whale |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am whaling | we are whaling |
you are whaling | you are whaling |
he/she/it is whaling | they are whaling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have whaled | we have whaled |
you have whaled | you have whaled |
he/she/it has whaled | they have whaled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been whaling | we have been whaling |
you have been whaling | you have been whaling |
he/she/it has been whaling | they have been whaling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I whaled | we whaled |
you whaled | you whaled |
he/she/it whaled | they whaled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was whaling | we were whaling |
you were whaling | you were whaling |
he/she/it was whaling | they were whaling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had whaled | we had whaled |
you had whaled | you had whaled |
he/she/it had whaled | they had whaled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been whaling | we had been whaling |
you had been whaling | you had been whaling |
he/she/it had been whaling | they had been whaling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will whale | we shall/will whale |
you will whale | you will whale |
he/she/it will whale | they will whale |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be whaling | we shall/will be whaling |
you will be whaling | you will be whaling |
he/she/it will be whaling | they will be whaling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have whaled | we shall/will have whaled |
you will have whaled | you will have whaled |
he/she/it will have whaled | they will have whaled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been whaling | we shall/will have been whaling |
you will have been whaling | you will have been whaling |
he/she/it will have been whaling | they will have been whaling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would whale | we should/would whale |
you would whale | you would whale |
he/she/it would whale | they would whale |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be whaling | we should/would be whaling |
you would be whaling | you would be whaling |
he/she/it would be whaling | they would be whaling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have whaled | we should/would have whaled |
you would have whaled | you would have whaled |
he/she/it would have whaled | they would have whaled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been whaling | we should/would have been whaling |
you would have been whaling | you would have been whaling |
he/she/it would have been whaling | they would have been whaling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am whaled | we are whaled |
you are whaled | you are whaled |
he/she/it is whaled | they are whaled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being whaled | we are being whaled |
you are being whaled | you are being whaled |
he/she/it is being whaled | they are being whaled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been whaled | we have been whaled |
you have been whaled | you have been whaled |
he/she/it has been whaled | they have been whaled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was whaled | we were whaled |
you were whaled | you were whaled |
he/she/it was whaled | they were whaled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being whaled | we were being whaled |
you were being whaled | you were being whaled |
he/she/it was being whaled | they were being whaled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been whaled | we had been whaled |
you had been whaled | you had been whaled |
he/she/it had been whaled | they had been whaled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be whaled | we shall/will be whaled |
you will be whaled | you will be whaled |
he/she/it will be whaled | they will be whaled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been whaled | we shall/will have been whaled |
you will have been whaled | you will have been whaled |
he/she/it will have been whaled | they will have been whaled |
whale
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | whale | whales |
Possessive case | whale's | whales' |