Dauphiné
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French Dauphiné, from Latin Delphinatus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dəʊfɪˈneɪ/
Proper noun
Dauphiné
- (historical) A former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.
- 1563, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments:
- At length this sect having spread from Dauphiny into several other provinces, became very numerous in Provence.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 161:
- Linen textile production was well-developed in the north-west and in the Dauphiné, and the manufacturing of silk cloths around Lyon and Nîmes.
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Translations
former province of France
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French
Etymology
From Latin Delphinātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do.fi.ne/
Proper noun
Dauphiné m
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: Дофине (Dofine)
- → Czech: Dauphiné
- → English: Dauphiné
- → German: Dauphiné
- → Greek: Ντωφινέ (Ntofiné)
- → Ottoman Turkish: دوفینه (Dofine)
- Turkish: Dofine
- → Persian: دوفینه (dofine)
- → Russian: Дофине́ (Dofiné)
- → Ukrainian: Дофіне́ (Dofiné)
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French Dauphiné.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dofiˈneː/
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Proper noun
das Dauphiné n (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive des Dauphinés or (optionally with an article) des Dauphiné)