dauphin
French
noun
Definitions
- dolphin
- (heraldiccharge) dolphin; the animal used as a charge
Etymology
Inherited from Old French dalphin inherited from Latin delphinus.
Origin
Latin
delphinus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Dauphin English
- dauphin English
- dauphiness English
- delphinus Latin
- delphīn, delphīnis, delphin Latin
- Delphin German
- delfino Italian
- dauphin à gros nez French
- grand French
- grand dauphin French
- gros French
- nez French
- delfinario Spanish, Castilian
- delfinato Spanish, Castilian
- delfín Spanish, Castilian
- δελφίν Ancient Greek
- δελφίς Ancient Greek
- dauphin Portuguese
- *dьlpinъ Proto-Slavic
- dauphin Czech
- dalphin Old French
- δελφίνι Greek (modern)
- dofen Haitian, Haitian Creole