dolphin

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English

A bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Etymology

Middle English dolfin, from French daulphin, dalphin, daufin, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphis), from δελφύς (delphυs) "womb".

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdɒlfɪn/, SAMPA: /"dQlfIn/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈdɑlfən/, SAMPA: /"dAlf@n/

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Noun

dolphin (plural dolphins)

1. A carnivorous aquatic mammal inhabiting mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
2. A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, scientific name Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
3. The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
4. A maritime semi submerged man-made structure usually close to shore.

Synonyms

• mereswine

Translations

aquatic mammal

Ainu: オコㇺ (okom), タンヌ (tannu) Arabic: دلفين (ar) (dulfiin) m., درفيل  (ar) (durfiin) m., دخس (ar) (dúkhas) m. Armenian: դելֆին (hy) (delfin) Basque: izurde (eu) Bosnian: delfin (bs) m. Bulgarian: делфин (bg) (delfin) m. Catalan: dofí m. Chamicuro: walali Cherokee: ᏗᏁᏍᏆᏕᎩ (chr) (dinesquadegi) Chinese: Mandarin: 海豚 (cmn) (hǎitún) Croatian: delfin (hr) m. Czech: delfín (cs) m. Danish: delfin (da) Dutch: dolfijn (nl) m. Esperanto: delfeno (eo) m. Finnish: delfiini (fi) French: dauphin (fr) m. Galician: golfiño m. German: Delphin (de) m., Delfin (de) m. Greek: Ancient: δελφίν (delfín) m., δελφίς (delfis) f. Modern: δελφίνι (delfíni) n. Hebrew: דולפין (he) (dólfin) m. Hungarian: delfin (hu) Icelandic: höfrungur (is) Indonesian: lumba-lumba (id) Italian: delfino (it) m. Japanese: 海豚 (ja), イルカ (ja) (iruka) Khmer: ផ្សោត (km) (psaot)

Korean: 돌고래 (ko) (dolgorae) Latin: delphinus (la) m. Latvian: delfīns m. Macedonian: делфин m. Manx: doraid (gv) Navajo: tééh hóyáanii Norwegian: delfin (no) m. Persian: دلفین (fa) (dolfin) Polish: delfin (pl) m. Portuguese: golfinho (pt) m. Romagnolo: dilfòin m. Romanian: delfin (ro) m. Russian: дельфин (ru) (del’fín) m. Scottish Gaelic: leumadair (gd) m., bèist-ghorm (gd) f., deilf (gd) f., muc-bhiorach (gd) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: делфин m., рлискавица f. Roman: delfin m., pliskavica f. Sicilian: derfinu (scn) m. Slovak: delfín (sk) m. Slovene: delfin (sl) m. Spanish: delfín (es) m. Swahili: pomboo (sw) Swedish: delfin (sv) c. Tagalog: lumba-lumba (tl) Turkish: yunus (tr) West Frisian: dolfin (fy)

mahi-mahi — see mahi-mahi

maritime semi submerged man-made structure

Danish: duc d'albe (da) c.

French: duc-d'Albe (fr) m.

Derived terms

terms derived from dolphin

Amazon River dolphin Arabian common dolphin Atlantic humpback dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin Atlantic white-sided dolphin Australian snubfin dolphin bottlenose dolphin Chilean dolphin Commerson's dolphin common dolphin delphine dolphin hugger dolphinarium dolphin-friendly dusky dolphin flog the dolphin Fraser's dolphin Ganges and Indus River dolphin Heaviside's dolphin Hector's dolphin hourglass dolphin

humpback dolphin dolphin Indian humpback dolphin Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin Irrawaddy dolphin La Plata dolphin long-beaked common dolphin northern right whale dolphin Pacific humpback dolphin Pacific white-sided dolphin Peale's dolphin Risso's dolphin rought-toothed dolphin short-beaked common dolphin southern right whale dolphin spinner dolphin striped dolphin white-beaked dolphin wholphin Yangtze river dolphin

See also

• killer whale
• pod
• porpoise
• sea lion
• seal
• whale