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Delphin

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the dauphin of France; delphinal

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The Delphin classics was an edition of the Latin classics prepared in the reign of Louis XIV for the use of the dauphin.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Obsolete spelling of dolphin (“animal”)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

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History

Etymology

See dauphin.

From Latin delphinus (“a dolphin”) + -in.