Delphin

Signification (Anglais)

1. (masculine, strong) dolphin
2. (masculine, strong) dolphin
3. (masculine, strong) Delphinus
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine, strong) ellipsis of Delphinschwimmen (“butterfly stroke”)
5. (alt-of, masculine, obsolete, strong) obsolete form of Dauphin

Concepts

dauphin

🐬

Dauphin

marsouin

brasse papillon

brasse

dorade

duc-d’Albe

papillon

🦋

Synonymes

Delfin

Tümmler

Walfisch

🐳

Wal

🐳

Delphinschwimmen

Delfinschwimmen

Dalbe

Delphinus

Thunfisch

Pfahl oder Pfahlbündel im Gewässergrund zum Festmachen von Schiffen o.ä.

Schweinswal

Traductions

delfín

🐬

dolphin

🐬

delfino

🐬

dolfijn

🐬

golfinho

🐬

δελφίνι

dofí

🐬

delfim

🐬

yunus

🐬

boto

delphinus

🐬

delphin

دلفين

🐬

dalfin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɛlˈfiːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand: delfīn

In summary

From Middle High German delfīn, telfīn (13th c.), from Latin delphinus. Forms with diphthongization (Delphein) are hardly attestable, meaning that it was not fully integrated before the Modern German period.