Dauphin

From French Dauphin or French dauphin.

• IPA^(key): /doʊˈfɛn/, /-ˈfæn/, /ˈdɔ.fɪn/

Dauphin (plural Dauphins)

1. The title of a dauphin.

   Coordinate term: Dauphine

   • 1983, Jean-Charles de Fontbrune, translated by Alexis Lykiard, Nostradamus: Countdown to Apocalypse, Pan Books, published 1984, →ISBN, page 36:

     French Dauphins: Louis XII ascended to the throne without having been Dauphin. He had two sons, both of whom died young and bore the title. Then the title passed to François I’s son. Henri II and François II succeeded, but Henri IV was not Dauphin. Louis XIII was of his line.

Dauphin

1. A placename:
   2. A commune of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France.
   4. A city in Manitoba, Canada.
   6. A rural municipality in western Manitoba, which surrounds the city; in full, the Rural Municipality of Dauphin.
   8. A borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   10. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Texas, United States.

• pudhina

From dauphin

• (Dauphin, MB, CA): Named after the French monarchal title, the heir to the French throne.

• IPA^(key): /do.fɛ̃/

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Dauphin m

1. (astronomy) Delphinus
2. Dauphin (a city in Manitoba, Canada)
3. Dauphin (a commune of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France)
4. Dauphin (a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States)

• → English: Dauphin

• Delphin (obsolete)

Borrowed from French dauphin.

• IPA^(key): /doˈfɛ̃/, [doˈfɛ̃ː], [doˈfɛŋ]

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• Hyphenation: Dau‧phin

Dauphin m (strong, genitive Dauphins, plural Dauphins, feminine Dauphine)

1. dauphin

• Dauphinat (“dauphinate”)

• 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.