dauphin

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See also: Dauphin and dauphîn

English

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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.

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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.
  2. (allegorical) An eldest son.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came […] and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. […]"

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Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from French dauphin.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: dau‧phin

Noun

dauphin m anim (feminine dauphine)

  1. dauphin (the eldest son of the king of France and heir apparent to the French throne)
    • 1913, Květy‎, volume 35, page 599:
      Malý dauphin jest nemocen, malý dauphin umře… Ve všech kostelích v království stále dnem i nocí jest vystavena svátost oltářní a veliké svíčky plají za uzdravení královského dítěte.
      The little dauphin is ill, the little dauphin is going to die… In all the churches in the kingdom the Eucharist is displayed day and night and big candles burn so that the royal child recovers.

Declension

Declension of dauphin (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative dauphin dauphini, dauphinové
genitive dauphina dauphinů
dative dauphinovi, dauphinu dauphinům
accusative dauphina dauphiny
vocative dauphine dauphini, dauphinové
locative dauphinovi, dauphinu dauphinech
instrumental dauphinem dauphiny

Further reading

  • dauphin in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dauphin in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • dauphin in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /do.fɛ̃/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus.

Noun

dauphin m (plural dauphins)

  1. dolphin
  2. (heraldry) dolphin; the animal used as a charge
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  • Haitian Creole: dofen

Etymology 2

From French proper name Dauphin through association with crown princes of the name, from French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus.

Noun

dauphin m (plural dauphins, feminine dauphine)

  1. successor, dauphin
  2. runner-up
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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French dauphin. Doublet of delfim.

Noun

dauphin m (plural dauphins)

  1. (historical) dauphin (eldest son of the king of France)
    Synonym: delfim
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