"dauphin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdəʊ.fæ̃/ [UK], /ˈdɔː.fɪn/ [UK], /doʊˈfæ̃/ [US], /ˈdɔ.fɪn/ [US], /ˈdɔ.fən/ [US] Forms: dauphins [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːfɪn Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Dauphin, from Middle French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus; the modern pronunciation is sometimes remodelled on Modern French. Doublet of dolphin. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|Dauphin|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English Dauphin, {{inh+|en|enm|Dauphin}} Inherited from Middle English Dauphin, {{der|en|frm|dauphin}} Middle French dauphin, {{der|en|fro|dalphin}} Old French dalphin, {{der|en|la|delphinus}} Latin delphinus, {{doublet|en|dolphin}} Doublet of dolphin Head templates: {{en-noun}} dauphin (plural dauphins)
  1. The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois. Translations (eldest son of king of France): دوفِين (dōfīn) [masculine] (Arabic), dofin (Azerbaijani), дофин (dofin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), delfí [masculine] (Catalan), dauphin [masculine] (Czech), dofään (Estonian), dauphin [masculine] (French), Dauphin [masculine] (German), delfino [masculine] (Italian), 도팽 (dopaeng) (Korean), डोफें (ḍophẽ) [masculine] (Marathi), Dauphin (Middle English), dalfin [masculine] (Occitan), دوفَن (dofen) (Ottoman Turkish), دوفَن (dofan) (Persian), delfin [masculine] (Polish), dauphin [masculine] (Portuguese), delfim [masculine] (Portuguese), delfin [masculine] (Romanian), дофи́н (dofín) [masculine] (Russian), delfín [masculine] (Spanish), dofen (Turkish), дофі́н (dofín) [masculine] (Ukrainian), dofin (Uzbek), dolffin [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dauphin-en-noun-3EYBwOTG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'eldest son of king of France': 71 29
  2. (allegorical) An eldest son.
    Sense id: en-dauphin-en-noun-LKmFotvV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dauphinate, Dauphin County, dauphiness Related terms: dauphine, Dauphiné, delphinal

Inflected forms

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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.