delfín

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See also: delfin, Delfin, and Delphin

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Delphin, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: del‧fín

Noun

delfín m anim (related adjective delfíní)

  1. dolphin
  2. butterfly stroke

Declension

Declension of delfín (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative delfín delfíni
genitive delfína delfínů
dative delfínovi, delfínu delfínům
accusative delfína delfíny
vocative delfíne delfíni
locative delfínovi, delfínu delfínech
instrumental delfínem delfíny

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “delfín”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • “delfín”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “delfín”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

Noun

delfín m (plural delfíns)

  1. dolphin
    Synonym: golfiño

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

delfín m animal (female equivalent delfínica, related adjective delfíní or delfínový, diminutive delfínik)

  1. dolphin

Declension

Declension of delfín (patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))
singularplural
nominativedelfíndelfíny
genitivedelfínadelfínov
dativedelfínovidelfínom
accusativedelfínadelfíny
locativedelfínovidelfínoch
instrumentaldelfínomdelfínmi

Further reading

  • “delfín”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /delˈfin/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: del‧fín

Etymology 1

delfín

Borrowed from Latin delphīnem, variant of delphīnus (compare French dauphin, Italian delfino), from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).

Noun

delfín m (plural delfines)

  1. dolphin
    Synonym: golfín
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from French dauphin.

Noun

delfín m (plural delfines)

  1. dauphin
  2. successor
Derived terms

Further reading

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