delphinus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A dolphin; an aquatic mammal of the family Delphinidae or Platanistidae
- The constellation Delphinus
- A kind of decorative furniture, possibly decorated with dolphins
- (Medieval Latin) dauphin (eldest son)
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek δελφίν.
Origin
Ancient Greek
δελφίν
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- delphinus, delphīnus Latin
- delphīnus Latin
- Delphin German
- delfinista Italian
- delfino Italian
- dauphin French
- дельфи́н Russian
- дельфин Russian
- δελφίν Ancient Greek
- δελφίς Ancient Greek
- *gʷelbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- delfin Norwegian Bokmål
- delfin Polish
- delfin Norwegian Nynorsk
- *dьlpinъ Proto-Slavic
- delfín Czech
- dalphin Old French
- dupin Serbo-Croatian
- delfin Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- دلفین Persian
- δελφίνι Greek (modern)
- դելփին Old Armenian
- დელფინი Georgian
- дельфін Ukrainian
- denfil Maltese
- ܕܠܦܝܢܐ Classical Syriac
- адельфин Abkhazian