Dauphin

Dauphin (countable and uncountable, plural Dauphins)

1. The title of a dauphin.

   Coordinate term: Dauphine

2. A placename:
   1. Dauphin, MB, CA (a city in Manitoba, Canada).
   2. Dauphin, AHP, FR (a commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southeastern France, France).
   3. Dauphin, PA, US (a borough of Pennsylvania).

• pudhina

• IPA^(key): /do.fɛ̃/

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Dauphin m

1. (astronomy) Delphinus
2. (geography) Dauphin, a placename
   1. Dauphin, AHP, FR (a commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southeastern France, France)
   2. Dauphin, MB, CA (a city in Manitoba, Canada)

• dauphin
• Dauphiné

• → English: Dauphin

Borrowed from French dauphin.

• IPA^(key): /doˈfɛ̃ː/, /doˈfɛŋ/
• Hyphenation: Dau‧phin

Dauphin m

1. dauphin

• Dauphinat (“dauphinate”)

• Dauphine (“dauphine”)
• Dauphiné

• Daufyn, Dawlfyn, Delfyn, Dolfyn, Dolphyn, Dolphyne, Dolfynne, dolphin

Borrowed from Middle French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís); doublet of delphyn, which some forms are influenced by.

• IPA^(key): /dau̯ˈfiːn/, /dɔ(l)ˈfiːn/, /dɛ(l)ˈfiːn/

Dauphin (uncountable)

1. (Late Middle English) The Dauphin (French crown prince)

• English: dauphin, Dauphin

• “dauphin, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.