delfín

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛlfiːn]
• Hyphenation: del‧fín

delfín m anim (related adjective delfíní)

1. dolphin
2. butterfly stroke

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

delfín m (plural delfíns)

1. dolphin

   Synonym: golfiño

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlfiːn/

delfín m animal (related adjective delfíní)

1. dolphin

• delfínik
• delfínica
• delfínový

• “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, 2024

• IPA^(key): /delˈfin/ [d̪elˈfĩn]

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• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: del‧fín

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”).

delfín m (plural delfines)

1. dolphin

   Synonym: golfín

Semantic loan from French dauphin.

delfín m (plural delfines)

1. dauphin
2. successor

• “delfín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16