"Delphinus" meaning in English

See Delphinus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”). Doublet of dolphin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|delphinus|delphīnus}} Latin delphīnus, {{der|en|grc|δελφίν|}} Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), {{doublet|en|dolphin}} Doublet of dolphin Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Delphinus
  1. (astronomy) A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila. Categories (topical): Constellations Synonyms: Dolphin Derived forms: Delphini Translations (constellation): Δελφίς (Delphís) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 海豚座 (hoi² tyun⁴ zo⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 海豚座 (Hǎitúnzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Delfiini (Finnish), Dauphin [masculine] (French), Delfín (Galician), Delfin [masculine] (German), Delphin [masculine] (German), Δελφίν (Delfín) [masculine] (Greek), an Deilf [feminine] (Irish), 海豚座 (Irukaza) (alt: いるかざ) (Japanese), Sipat (Kankanaey), Дельфин (Delfin) (Kazakh), Ikan Lumba-Lumba (Malay), Delfinen (Norwegian), Delfin [masculine] (Polish), Delfin (Romanian), Дельфин (Delʹfin) (Russian), Delphinus (Spanish)

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "delphinus",
        "4": "delphīnus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin delphīnus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δελφίν",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dolphin"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of dolphin",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”). Doublet of dolphin.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Delphinus",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Cantonese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kankanaey translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kazakh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Constellations",
          "orig": "en:Constellations",
          "parents": [
            "Astronomy",
            "Sciences",
            "Space",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Delphini"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila."
      ],
      "id": "en-Delphinus-en-name-gfZ42B2I",
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "summer",
          "summer"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ],
        [
          "northern",
          "northern"
        ],
        [
          "dolphin",
          "dolphin"
        ],
        [
          "Cygnus",
          "Cygnus"
        ],
        [
          "Aquila",
          "Aquila"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Dolphin"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "hoi² tyun⁴ zo⁶",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "海豚座"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Hǎitúnzuò",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "海豚座"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "Delfiini"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dauphin"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "Delfín"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Delfin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Delphin"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "Delfín",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Δελφίν"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "Delphís",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Δελφίς"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "an Deilf"
        },
        {
          "alt": "いるかざ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Irukaza",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "海豚座"
        },
        {
          "code": "kne",
          "lang": "Kankanaey",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "Sipat"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Delfin",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "Дельфин"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "Ikan Lumba-Lumba"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "Delfinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Delfin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "Delfin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Delʹfin",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "Дельфин"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "constellation",
          "word": "Delphinus"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Delphinus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Delphini"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "delphinus",
        "4": "delphīnus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin delphīnus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "δελφίν",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dolphin"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of dolphin",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”). Doublet of dolphin.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Delphinus",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English doublets",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kankanaey translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:Constellations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "summer",
          "summer"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ],
        [
          "northern",
          "northern"
        ],
        [
          "dolphin",
          "dolphin"
        ],
        [
          "Cygnus",
          "Cygnus"
        ],
        [
          "Aquila",
          "Aquila"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Dolphin"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "hoi² tyun⁴ zo⁶",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "海豚座"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Hǎitúnzuò",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "海豚座"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Delfiini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dauphin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Delfín"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Delfin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Delphin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Delfín",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Δελφίν"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Delphís",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Δελφίς"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "an Deilf"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いるかざ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Irukaza",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "海豚座"
    },
    {
      "code": "kne",
      "lang": "Kankanaey",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Sipat"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Delfin",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Дельфин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Ikan Lumba-Lumba"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Delfinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Delfin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Delfin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Delʹfin",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Дельфин"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Delphinus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Delphinus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Delphinus meaning in English (4.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.