dolphin

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɒlf.ɪn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈdɒl̥fɪn]
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• General-American: /ˈdɑlf.ɪn/
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• General-American: [ˈdɑl̥fɪn]
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From Middle English Dolfin, from Old Norse Dólgfinnr (given name), from dólgr (“enemy”) + Finnr (“Sami”).

From Middle English delphyn, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”); the modern form in -ol- is probably influenced by the pronunciation of Middle French dauphin. Compare Swedish delfin. Doublet of dauphin. Displaced native Old English mereswīn (literally “sea pig”), whence English mereswine.

Ultimately from 3rd Duke of Alba (duc-d'Albe in French), who was the first to build this type of structure in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century. Possibly from Dutch dukdalf, or the plural dukdalven, through elision of the initial duk-.

259 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: адельфин (adeljfin) — aquatic mammal
• Abkhaz: амшынҳәа (amŝənḥwa) — aquatic mammal
• Afrikaans: dolfyn — aquatic mammal
• Ainu: オコㇺ (okom) — aquatic mammal
• Ainu: タンヌ (tannu) — aquatic mammal
• Ainu: トゥワユㇰ (tuwayuk) — aquatic mammal
• Albanian: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Northern Amami Ōshima: 海豚 (futu) — aquatic mammal
• Southern Amami Ōshima: 海豚 (futu) — aquatic mammal
• Arabic: دُلْفِين (dulfīn) — aquatic mammal
• Arabic: دَرْفِيل (darfīl) — aquatic mammal
• Arabic: دُخَس (duḵas) — aquatic mammal
• Aragonese: dalfín — aquatic mammal
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܹܠܦܝܼܢܵܐ (delpīna) — aquatic mammal
• Armenian: դելֆին (delfin) — aquatic mammal
• Old Armenian: դելփին (delpʻin) — aquatic mammal
• Assamese: শিহু (xihu) — aquatic mammal
• Assamese: উলুপী (ulupi) — aquatic mammal
• Assamese: ডেলফিন (delophin) — aquatic mammal
• Asturian: toliña — aquatic mammal
• Asturian: golfín — aquatic mammal
• Asturian: llofín — aquatic mammal
• Asturian: tolín — aquatic mammal
• Azerbaijani: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Baluchi: گوکین (goken) — aquatic mammal
• Basque: izurde — aquatic mammal
• Belarusian: дэльфі́н (delʹfín) — aquatic mammal
• Bengali: ডলফিন (ḍolphin) — aquatic mammal
• Central Bikol: lumod — aquatic mammal
• Breton: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Breton: beg-hir — aquatic mammal
• Bulgarian: делфи́н (delfín) — aquatic mammal
• Burmese: လင်းပိုင် (lang:puing) — aquatic mammal
• Catalan: dofí — aquatic mammal
• Cebuano: lumod — aquatic mammal
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵣⵢⴰⵎ (azyam) — aquatic mammal
• Chamicuro: walali — aquatic mammal
• Cherokee: ᏗᏁᏍᏆᏕᎩ (dinesquadegi) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese Cantonese: 海豚 (hoi2 tyun4) — aquatic mammal
• Hakka Chinese: 海豚 (hói-thùn) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese: 海豬 /海猪 (zh-min-nan) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese: 海豬仔 /海猪仔 (hái-ti-á, hái-tu-á) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese: 海豚 (zh-min-nan) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese: 海鼠 (hái-chhú) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese: 鯃魚 /鯃鱼 (gô͘-hî, gô͘-hû) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese: 海徛 (hái-khiā) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese: 海鰡 /海𱈊 (hái-liu) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese: 烏鯃 /乌鯃 (o͘-ngô͘) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese: 白鯃 (pe̍h-gô͘, pe̍h-ngô͘) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese: 白鰗 /白𬶞 (pe̍h-kô͘) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese Mandarin: 海豚 (hǎitún) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese Mandarin: 海豬 /海猪 (hǎizhū) — aquatic mammal
• Chinese Mandarin: 海豨 (hǎixī) — aquatic mammal
• Wu Chinese: 海豚 (5he-den) — aquatic mammal
• East Circassian: хыкхъуэ (xəqꭓwɛ) — aquatic mammal
• West Circassian: хыкъо (xəqwo) — aquatic mammal
• West Circassian: псыкъу (psəqwu) — aquatic mammal
• Cornish: pyffer — aquatic mammal
• Cornish: morhogh — aquatic mammal
• Crimean Tatar: yunus balığı — aquatic mammal
• Czech: plískavice — aquatic mammal
• Czech: delfín — aquatic mammal
• Danish: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Dutch: dolfijn — aquatic mammal
• Egyptian: s-i-in:n-Aa2:N33C*Z1-n-M14-wr:r-mw (sjn n wꜣḏ-wr) — aquatic mammal
• Esperanto: delfeno — aquatic mammal
• Estonian: delfiin — aquatic mammal
• Faroese: springari — aquatic mammal
• Faroese: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Finnish: delfiini — aquatic mammal
• French: dauphin — aquatic mammal
• West-Frisian: dolfin — aquatic mammal
• Galician: golfiño — aquatic mammal
• Galician: touliña — aquatic mammal
• Georgian: დელფინი (delpini) — aquatic mammal
• Old Georgian: დელფინი (delpini) — aquatic mammal
• German: Delphin — aquatic mammal
• German: Delfin — aquatic mammal
• Greek: δελφίνι (delfíni) — aquatic mammal
• Ancient Greek: δελφίν (delphín) — aquatic mammal
• Ancient Greek: δελφίς (delphís) — aquatic mammal
• Greenlandic: aarluarsuk — aquatic mammal
• Gujarati: શિશુમાર (śiśumār) — aquatic mammal
• Haitian Creole: dofen — aquatic mammal
• Hawaiian: hoikiuna — aquatic mammal
• Hebrew: דּוֹלְפִין (dolfín) — aquatic mammal
• Hindi: सूंस (sūns) — aquatic mammal
• Hindi: सूँस (sū̃s) — aquatic mammal
• Hindi: शिशुमार (śiśumār) — aquatic mammal
• Hindi: डॉल्फ़िन (ḍŏlfin) — aquatic mammal
• Hindi: डॉल्फिन (ḍŏlphin) — aquatic mammal
• Hungarian: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Icelandic: höfrungur — aquatic mammal
• Indonesian: lumba-lumba — aquatic mammal
• Interlingua: delphino — aquatic mammal
• Irish: deilf — aquatic mammal
• Istriot: dulfeîn — aquatic mammal
• Italian: delfino — aquatic mammal
• Japanese: 海豚 (iruka) — aquatic mammal
• Japanese: イルカ (iruka) — aquatic mammal
• Javanese: lumba-lumba — aquatic mammal
• Kabyle: azyam — aquatic mammal
• Kannada: ಡೊಲ್ಪಿನ್ (ḍolpin) — aquatic mammal
• Kashmiri: سوٗسمار (sūsmār) — aquatic mammal
• Kazakh: дельфин (delfin) — aquatic mammal
• Khmer: ផ្សោត (phsaot) — aquatic mammal
• Kikai: 海豚 — aquatic mammal
• Korean: 돌고래 (dolgorae) — aquatic mammal
• Kunigami: 海豚 (hiitui) — aquatic mammal
• Northern Kurdish: delfîn — aquatic mammal
• Northern Kurdish: fînmasî — aquatic mammal
• Northern Kurdish: ûnis — aquatic mammal
• Kyrgyz: дельфин (delfin) — aquatic mammal
• Lao: ປາເດິນຟິນ (pā dœn fin) — aquatic mammal
• Lao: ປາໂລມາ (pā lō mā) — aquatic mammal
• Lao: ເດິນຟິນ (dœn fin) — aquatic mammal
• Lao: ໂລມາ (lō mā) — aquatic mammal
• Lao: ຫມູທະເລ (mū tha lē) — aquatic mammal
• Latin: delphīnus — aquatic mammal
• Latvian: delfīns — aquatic mammal
• Laz: delpina — aquatic mammal
• Lithuanian: delfinas — aquatic mammal
• Low German: Meerswien — aquatic mammal
• Low German: Swienfisch — aquatic mammal
• Macedonian: делфин (delfin) — aquatic mammal
• Malagasy: feso — aquatic mammal
• Malay: lumba-lumba — aquatic mammal
• Malayalam: ഏടി (ēṭi) — aquatic mammal
• Malayalam: ഡോൾഫിൻ (ḍōḷphiṉ) — aquatic mammal
• Maltese: delfini — aquatic mammal
• Manchu: ᠨᠠᠮᡠ ᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (namu ulgiyan) — aquatic mammal
• Mansaka: lomba — aquatic mammal
• Manx: doraid — aquatic mammal
• Māori: aihe — aquatic mammal
• Marathi: डॉलफिन (ḍŏlphin) — aquatic mammal
• Central Melanau: belusok — aquatic mammal
• Middle English: delphyn — aquatic mammal
• Middle English: mereswyn — aquatic mammal
• Mongolian: далайн гахай (dalajn gaxaj) — aquatic mammal
• Navajo: tééh hóyáanii — aquatic mammal
• Nepali: गुँज (gũj) — aquatic mammal
• Nivkh: поми (pomi) — aquatic mammal
• Norman: dauphîn — aquatic mammal
• Norwegian Bokmål: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: springar — aquatic mammal
• Occitan: dalfin — aquatic mammal
• Odia: ଡେଲଫିନ୍ (ḍelaphin) — aquatic mammal
• Okinawan: 海豚 (fiitu) — aquatic mammal
• Old English: mereswīn — aquatic mammal
• Pannonian Rusyn: делфин (delfin) — aquatic mammal
• Papiamentu: dòlfein — aquatic mammal
• Pashto: دولفين (dolfin) — aquatic mammal
• Pashto: ډالفين (ḍālfin) — aquatic mammal
• Iranian Persian: دُلْفین (dolfin) — aquatic mammal
• Polish: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Portuguese: golfinho — aquatic mammal
• Portuguese: delfim — aquatic mammal
• Punjabi: ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਣ (bullhaṇ) — aquatic mammal
• Punjabi: بُلّھَݨ (bullhaṇ) — aquatic mammal
• Quechua: phujpuri — aquatic mammal
• Romagnol: dilfòin — aquatic mammal
• Romanian: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Romansh: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Russian: дельфи́н (delʹfín) — aquatic mammal
• Samoan: masimasi — aquatic mammal
• Sardinian: gorfinu — aquatic mammal
• Sardinian: grufinu — aquatic mammal
• Sardinian: gurfinu — aquatic mammal
• Savosavo: ghulia — aquatic mammal
• Scots: dowphin — aquatic mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: leumadair — aquatic mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: bèist-ghorm — aquatic mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: deilf — aquatic mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: muc-bhiorach — aquatic mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: ду̀пӣн — aquatic mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: дѐлфӣн — aquatic mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: пли̏скавица — aquatic mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: dùpīn — aquatic mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: dèlfīn — aquatic mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: plȉskavica — aquatic mammal
• Sicilian: derfinu — aquatic mammal
• Sicilian: dirfinu — aquatic mammal
• Sicilian: derfinu — aquatic mammal
• Sicilian: draffinu — aquatic mammal
• Sicilian: darfinu — aquatic mammal
• Sindhi: ٻُلهَڻُ (ḇulhaṇu) — aquatic mammal
• Sindhi: ٻُلهَڻِ (ḇulhaṇi) — aquatic mammal
• Sindhi: ٻِرُون (ḇirū̃) — aquatic mammal
• Sinhalese: ඩොල්ෆින් (ḍolfin) — aquatic mammal
• Slovak: delfín — aquatic mammal
• Slovene: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Somali: hoombarada — aquatic mammal
• Spanish: delfín — aquatic mammal
• Sranan Tongo: profosu — aquatic mammal
• Sundanese: ᮜᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮜᮥᮙ᮪ᮘ (lumbalumba) — aquatic mammal
• Swahili: pomboo — aquatic mammal
• Swedish: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Sylheti: ꠚꠥ (fú) — aquatic mammal
• Tagalog: lumba-lumba — aquatic mammal
• Tagalog: lumbalumba — aquatic mammal
• Tajik: делфин (delfin) — aquatic mammal
• Tamil: ஓங்கில் (ōṅkil) — aquatic mammal
• Telugu: డాల్ఫిన్ (ḍālphin) — aquatic mammal
• Ternate: kohia — aquatic mammal
• Ternate: kahia — aquatic mammal
• Thai: โลมา (loo-maa) — aquatic mammal
• Thai: ปลาโลมา (bplaa loo-maa) — aquatic mammal
• Tibetan: མཚོ་ཕག (mtsho phag) — aquatic mammal
• Tidore: kahia — aquatic mammal
• Tigrinya: ኣቡ ሰላማ (ʾabu sälama) — aquatic mammal
• Turkish: yunus — aquatic mammal
• Turkish: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Turkish: ırgay — aquatic mammal
• Ottoman Turkish: یونس بالغی (yunus balığı) — aquatic mammal
• Turkmen: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎐𐎃𐎗 (ảnḫr) — aquatic mammal
• Ukrainian: дельфі́н (delʹfín) — aquatic mammal
• Urdu: ڈولْفِن (ḍolfin) — aquatic mammal
• Urdu: ڈالْفِن (ḍālfin) — aquatic mammal
• Urdu: خُوکِ بَحْری (xūk-i bahrī) — aquatic mammal
• Urdu: سُون٘س (sū̃s) — aquatic mammal
• Uyghur: دېلفىن (dëlfin) — aquatic mammal
• Uzbek: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Venetan: dolfin — aquatic mammal
• Venetan: delfin — aquatic mammal
• Vietnamese: cá heo — aquatic mammal
• Welsh: dolffin — aquatic mammal
• Woiwurrung: tingin — aquatic mammal
• Woiwurrung: bar-bar-ka — aquatic mammal
• Woiwurrung: tole.ler.bope — aquatic mammal
• Yámana: sauyánux — aquatic mammal
• Yanyuwa: miriyi — aquatic mammal
• Yiddish: דעלפֿין (delfin) — aquatic mammal
• Zulu: ihlengethwa — aquatic mammal
• Finnish: kiinnityspoiju — nautical: anchored spar or buoy for mooring
• Finnish: diktaali — nautical: anchored spar or buoy for mooring
• Polish: dalba — nautical: anchored spar or buoy for mooring
• Swedish: dykdalb — nautical: anchored spar or buoy for mooring
• Finnish: kiinnityslenkki — nautical: mooring post
• Finnish: diktaali — nautical: mooring post
• Polish: dalba — nautical: mooring post
• Swedish: dykdalb — nautical: mooring post
• Danish: duc d'albe — maritime structure
• Finnish: diktaali — maritime structure
• Finnish: tihtaali — maritime structure
• French: duc-d'Albe — maritime structure
• German: Dalbe — maritime structure
• Italian: briccola — maritime structure
• Japanese: ドルフィン (dorufin) — maritime structure
• Korean: 돌핀 (dolpin) — maritime structure
• Norwegian: dikkedal — maritime structure
• Polish: dalba — maritime structure
• Russian: причальные палы (pričalʹnyje paly) — maritime structure
• Russian: куст свай (kust svaj) — maritime structure
• Spanish: duque de Alba — maritime structure
• Swedish: dykdalb — maritime structure
• Swedish: diktal — maritime structure
• Venetan: bricoła — maritime structure