"dauphin" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /do.fɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-dauphin.ogg Forms: dauphins [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|dalphin|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French dalphin, {{inh+|fr|fro|dalphin}} Inherited from Old French dalphin, {{inh|fr|la|delphinus}} Latin delphinus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|}} dauphin m (plural dauphins)
  1. dolphin Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Delphinids
    Sense id: en-dauphin-fr-noun-Uy8BHsif Disambiguation of Delphinids: 43 48 6 3
  2. (heraldry) dolphin; the animal used as a charge Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Heraldic charges Categories (lifeform): Delphinids
    Sense id: en-dauphin-fr-noun-QMf3sa1T Disambiguation of Delphinids: 43 48 6 3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 14 69 12 5 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Dauphin, dauphin à gros nez, dauphin de Chine, dauphin du Yangzi, grand dauphin
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /do.fɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-dauphin.ogg Forms: dauphins [plural], dauphine [feminine]
Etymology: From French proper name Dauphin through association with crown princes of the name, from French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus. Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|-}} French, {{cog|fr|-}} French, {{der|fr|fro|dalphin}} Old French dalphin, {{der|fr|la|delphinus}} Latin delphinus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} dauphin m (plural dauphins, feminine dauphine)
  1. successor, dauphin Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-dauphin-fr-noun-m5xvSp~t Disambiguation of People: 11 27 62 0
  2. runner-up Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dauphin-fr-noun-FXgITXsF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dauphinat Related terms: delphinal
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      ],
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            "2": "Dauphin",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: دوفَن (dofen)"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Turkish: dofen"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "fa",
            "2": "دوفَن",
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          "expansion": "→ Persian: دوفَن (dofan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: دوفَن (dofan)"
    },
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "sml": "1"
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            "sml": "1"
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            "sml": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: delfín (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Arabic: دوفِين (dōfīn)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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    {
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "dofään",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Estonian: dofään",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Estonian: dofään"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "de",
            "2": "Dauphin",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Dauphin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Dauphin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "دوفَن",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "dofen"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: دوفَن (dofen)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: دوفَن (dofen)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "dofen"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: dofen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: dofen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "دوفَن",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "dofan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: دوفَن (dofan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: دوفَن (dofan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "delfin",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: delfin (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: delfin (semantic loan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "dauphin",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: dauphin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: dauphin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "delfim",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: delfim (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: delfim (semantic loan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "delfin",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: delfin (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: delfin (semantic loan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "дофи́н",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: дофи́н (dofín)\n→ Azerbaijani: dofin\n→ Uzbek: dofin",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: дофи́н (dofín)\n→ Azerbaijani: dofin\n→ Uzbek: dofin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "delfín",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: delfín (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: delfín (semantic loan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "дофі́н",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: дофі́н (dofín)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: дофі́н (dofín)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "French",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "French",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "dalphin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French dalphin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "delphinus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin delphinus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French proper name Dauphin through association with crown princes of the name, from French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dauphins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauphine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "dauphin m (plural dauphins, feminine dauphine)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "delphinal"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "successor, dauphin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "successor",
          "successor"
        ],
        [
          "dauphin",
          "dauphin#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "runner-up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "runner-up",
          "runner-up"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/do.fɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-dauphin.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Fr-dauphin.ogg/Fr-dauphin.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Fr-dauphin.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dauphin"
}

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