Meanings
nounsei whale (plural sei whales)
plural sei whales
- A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera borealis).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsimilar to but smaller than the finback whale
Similar
Balaenoptera borealis
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan rorqual del nord, rorqual boreal
- rorqual del nordwhale of the rorqual family
- rorqual borealwhale of the rorqual family
Chinese Mandarin 塞鯨 /塞鲸
- 塞鯨 /塞鲸 (sāijīng)whale of the rorqual family
Danish sejhval
- sejhvalwhale of the rorqual family
Finnish seitivalas
- seitivalaswhale of the rorqual family
French rorqual boréal
- rorqual boréalwhale of the rorqual family
German Seiwal
- Seiwalwhale of the rorqual family
Greek βορειοφάλαινα
- βορειοφάλαινα (voreiofálaina)whale of the rorqual family
Icelandic sandreyður
- sandreyðurwhale of the rorqual family
Italian balenottera boreale
- balenottera borealewhale of the rorqual family
Japanese 鰯鯨
- 鰯鯨 (iwashi-kujira)whale of the rorqual family
Korean 보리고래
- 보리고래 (borigorae)whale of the rorqual family
Norwegian seihval
- seihvalwhale of the rorqual family
Polish sejwal
- sejwalwhale of the rorqual family
Portuguese baleia-sei, baleia-boreal
- baleia-seiwhale of the rorqual family
- baleia-borealwhale of the rorqual family
Russian сейва́л, сайдяно́й кит
- сейва́л (sejvál)whale of the rorqual family
- сайдяно́й кит (sajdjanój kit)whale of the rorqual family
- ивасёвый кит (ivasjóvyj kit)whale of the rorqual family
- ивасёвый полоса́тик (ivasjóvyj polosátik)whale of the rorqual family
Spanish rorcual norteño
- rorcual norteñowhale of the rorqual family
Swedish sejval
- sejvalwhale of the rorqual family
Cite this entry
APA
sei whale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sei%20whale
MLA
“sei whale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sei%20whale. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sei whale,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sei%20whale.
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