different between beluga vs hausen

English

Alternative forms

• Beluga

Etymology

From the Russian ??????? (belúga), from ?????? (bélyj, “white”).

In modern standard Russian, ??????? (belúga) denotes the fish ("European sturgeon") only, while ??????? (belúxa) denotes "white whale".

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /b??lu?.??/
• Rhymes: -u???

Noun

beluga (plural belugas)

1. A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
2. A fish, Huso huso, found in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, that is a source of caviar.

Synonyms

• (whale): beluga whale, white whale, sea canary
• (fish): European sturgeon

Translations

Anagrams

• abulge, blague

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?lu.?a/

Noun

beluga f (plural belugas)

1. spark
2. flash

Portuguese

Noun

beluga f (plural belugas)

1. beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)

Spanish

Noun

beluga f (plural belugas)

1. beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)

English

Noun

hausen (plural hausens)

1. The beluga (Huso huso)

German

Etymology

From Middle High German h?sen, from Old High German h?s?n, from Proto-Germanic *h?s?n?. Cognate with German Low German husen, Dutch huizen, English house, Faroese húsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ha??zn?], [?ha??z?n]
• Hyphenation: hau?sen

Verb

hausen (weak, third-person singular present haust, past tense hauste, past participle gehaust, auxiliary haben)

1. (colloquial, humorous or derogatory) to dwell, to reside
2. (colloquial, derogatory) to rage, to rampage

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (neutral) wohnen, leben

Further reading

• “hausen” in Duden online