whale oil

English

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Noun

whale oil (countable and uncountable, plural whale oils)

1. Any of various oils and fats extracted from the blubber of whales and used in the manufacture of soap and lubricants (formerly as an illuminating oil).

Translations

oil or fat extracted from whale blubber

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鯨油／鲸油 (zh) (jīngyóu)

• Danish: hvalolje c
• Dutch: walvistraan (nl) m or f
• Finnish: valaanrasva (fat); valaanöljy (oil), valasöljy (fi)
• Galician: aceite de balea (gl) m
• German: Tran (de) m
• Italian: olio di balena m
• Japanese: 鯨油 (ja) (げいゆ, geiyu)
• Maori: wē parāoa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvalolje m or f

• Romanian: ulei de cașalot (ro) n
• Swedish: valolja c

See also

• sperm oil
• spermaceti