"delfino" meaning in Italian

See delfino in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /delˈfi.no/ Forms: delfina [feminine], delfini [masculine, plural], delfine [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ino Etymology: From Latin delphinus. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|delphinus}} Latin delphinus Head templates: {{it-adj}} delfino (feminine delfina, masculine plural delfini, feminine plural delfine)
  1. (Romanesco) hunchbacked Synonyms: gobbo, ricurvo
    Sense id: en-delfino-it-adj-eYtBwZGy Categories (other): Romanesco Italian, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Delphinids Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 52 2 34 2 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 63 4 24 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 2 29 2 2 Disambiguation of Delphinids: 67 4 18 6 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /delˈfi.no/ Forms: delfini [plural]
Rhymes: -ino Etymology: From Latin delphinus. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|delphinus}} Latin delphinus Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} delfino m (plural delfini)
  1. dolphin Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-delfino-it-noun-Uy8BHsif
  2. (heraldry) dolphin Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-delfino-it-noun-Uy8BHsif1 Categories (other): Heraldic charges Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /delˈfi.no/ Forms: delfini [plural], delfina [feminine]
Rhymes: -ino Etymology: Semantic loan from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus. Etymology templates: {{semantic loan|it|fro|dalphin}} Semantic loan from Old French dalphin, {{der|it|la|delphinus}} Latin delphinus Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=delfina}} delfino m (plural delfini, feminine delfina)
  1. dauphin Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-delfino-it-noun-VQNImyKy
  2. probable successor Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-delfino-it-noun-ZF-PeDPo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: delfinale, delfinato, Delfinato
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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