delfin
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin delphinus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]delfín m (plural delfinë, definite delfini, definite plural delfinët)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | delfin | delfini | delfinë | delfinët |
accusative | delfinin | |||
dative | delfini | delfinit | delfinëve | delfinëve |
ablative | delfinësh |
Further reading
[edit]- “delfin”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- Newmark, L. (1999) “delfin”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]
Azerbaijani
[edit]Cyrillic | делфин | |
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Abjad | دئلفین |
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]delfin (definite accusative delfini, plural delfinlər)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | delfin | delfinlər |
definite accusative | delfini | delfinləri |
dative | delfinə | delfinlərə |
locative | delfində | delfinlərdə |
ablative | delfindən | delfinlərdən |
definite genitive | delfinin | delfinlərin |
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -in
Noun
[edit]delfin c (singular definite delfinen, plural indefinite delfiner)
Declension
[edit]common gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | delfin | delfinen | delfiner | delfinerne |
genitive | delfins | delfinens | delfiners | delfinernes |
References
[edit]- “delfin” in Den Danske Ordbog
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]delfin (plural delfinek)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | delfin | delfinek |
accusative | delfint | delfineket |
dative | delfinnek | delfineknek |
instrumental | delfinnel | delfinekkel |
causal-final | delfinért | delfinekért |
translative | delfinné | delfinekké |
terminative | delfinig | delfinekig |
essive-formal | delfinként | delfinekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | delfinben | delfinekben |
superessive | delfinen | delfineken |
adessive | delfinnél | delfineknél |
illative | delfinbe | delfinekbe |
sublative | delfinre | delfinekre |
allative | delfinhez | delfinekhez |
elative | delfinből | delfinekből |
delative | delfinről | delfinekről |
ablative | delfintől | delfinektől |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
delfiné | delfineké |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
delfinéi | delfinekéi |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
---|---|---|
1st person sing. | delfinem | delfinjeim |
2nd person sing. | delfined | delfinjeid |
3rd person sing. | delfinje | delfinjei |
1st person plural | delfinünk | delfinjeink |
2nd person plural | delfinetek | delfinjeitek |
3rd person plural | delfinjük | delfinjeik |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- delfin in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- delfin in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Kashubian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]
Borrowed from Polish delfin, from German Delphin, from Latin delphinus.
Noun
[edit]delfin m animal
- dolphin (mammal of the subfamilies Delphinoidea or Platanistoidea)
- Synonym: (dialectal) mòrsczi szczirz
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Polish delfin, from Medieval Latin delphinus.
Noun
[edit]delfin m animal
- dauphin (eldest son of the king of France)
References
[edit]- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “delfin”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[3]
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), via Latin delphinus.
Noun
[edit]delfin m (definite singular delfinen, indefinite plural delfiner, definite plural delfinene)
- a dolphin, in particular Delphinus delphis
References
[edit]- “delfin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), via Latin delphinus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]delfin m (definite singular delfinen, indefinite plural delfinar, definite plural delfinane)
- a dolphin, in particular Delphinus delphis
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “delfin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin delphīnus.
Noun
[edit]delfin m animal (diminutive delfinek, related adjective delfini)
- dolphin (aquatic mammal)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Kashubian: delfin
Noun
[edit]delfin m animal
- (swimming) butterfly, butterfly stroke
- Synonyms: delfinek, motyl, motylek, styl motylkowy
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Semantic loan from French dauphin.
Noun
[edit]delfin m pers (female equivalent delfina)
- (historical) dauphin (eldest son of king of France)
- (by extension, figuratively) dauphin (eldest son)
- (humorous) dauphin (person believed to be appointed by the leader of a group or a social or political organisation to be their successor)
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Kashubian: delfin
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]delfin f
Further reading
[edit]- delfin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- delfin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian delfino or Latin delphinus, earlier from Greek δελφίνι (delfíni).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]delfin m (plural delfini)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | delfin | delfinul | delfini | delfinii | |
genitive-dative | delfin | delfinului | delfini | delfinilor | |
vocative | delfinule | delfinilor |
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “delfin”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Romansch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).
Noun
[edit]delfin m (plural delfins)
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Noun
[edit]dèlfīn m (Cyrillic spelling дѐлфӣн)
- dolphin (mammal)
- (swimming) butterfly
- (sports, slang, chiefly in plural) member of the Serbia national water polo team
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | dèlfīn | delfini |
genitive | delfína | delfina |
dative | delfinu | delfinima |
accusative | delfina | delfine |
vocative | delfine | delfini |
locative | delfinu | delfinima |
instrumental | delfinom | delfinima |
Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]delfȋn m anim
Declension
[edit]Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | delfín | ||
gen. sing. | delfína | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
delfín | delfína | delfíni |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
delfína | delfínov | delfínov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
delfínu | delfínoma | delfínom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
delfína | delfína | delfíne |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
delfínu | delfínih | delfínih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
delfínom | delfínoma | delfíni |
Further reading
[edit]- “delfin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]delfin c
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | delfin | delfins |
definite | delfinen | delfinens | |
plural | indefinite | delfiner | delfiners |
definite | delfinerna | delfinernas |
See also
[edit]Volapük
[edit]Noun
[edit]delfin (nominative plural delfins)
- (male or female) dolphin
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | delfin | delfins |
genitive | delfina | delfinas |
dative | delfine | delfines |
accusative | delfini | delfinis |
vocative 1 | o delfin! | o delfins! |
predicative 2 | delfinu | delfinus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Hyponyms
[edit]- Albanian terms borrowed from Latin
- Albanian learned borrowings from Latin
- Albanian terms derived from Latin
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- sq:Cetaceans
- Azerbaijani terms with audio pronunciation
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani nouns
- az:Delphinids
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Rhymes:Danish/in
- Rhymes:Danish/in/2 syllables
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Cetaceans
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/in
- Rhymes:Hungarian/in/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- hu:Cetaceans
- Kashubian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Kashubian/ɛlfin
- Rhymes:Kashubian/ɛlfin/2 syllables
- Kashubian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Kashubian terms borrowed from Polish
- Kashubian terms derived from Polish
- Kashubian terms derived from German
- Kashubian terms derived from Latin
- Kashubian lemmas
- Kashubian nouns
- Kashubian masculine nouns
- Kashubian animal nouns
- Kashubian terms derived from Medieval Latin
- csb:Cetaceans
- csb:Monarchy
- csb:Titles
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Mammals
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Mammals
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛlfin
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛlfin/2 syllables
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish learned borrowings from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish animal nouns
- pl:Swimming
- Polish singularia tantum
- Polish terms derived from Middle French
- Polish terms derived from Old French
- Polish semantic loans from French
- Polish terms derived from French
- Polish personal nouns
- Polish terms with historical senses
- Polish humorous terms
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish noun forms
- pl:Delphinids
- pl:History of France
- pl:Male family members
- pl:Male people
- pl:Monarchy
- pl:Nobility
- Romanian terms borrowed from Italian
- Romanian terms derived from Italian
- Romanian terms borrowed from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Greek
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Romanian/in
- Rhymes:Romanian/in/2 syllables
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- ro:Swimming
- ro:Delphinids
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch nouns
- Romansch masculine nouns
- rm:Even-toed ungulates
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Swimming
- sh:Sports
- Serbo-Croatian slang
- sh:Cetaceans
- Slovene 2-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene nouns
- Slovene masculine animate nouns
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene animate nouns
- sl:Swimming
- Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns
- sl:Cetaceans
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Cetaceans
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns