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delfin

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See also: Delfin, Delphin, and delfín

Albanian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin delphinus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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delfín m (plural delfinë, definite delfini, definite plural delfinët)

  1. dolphin

Declension

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Declension of delfin
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative delfin delfini delfinë delfinët
accusative delfinin
dative delfini delfinit delfinëve delfinëve
ablative delfinësh

Further reading

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  • “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, Leonard (1999), “delfin”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]

Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic делфин
Arabic دئلفین

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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delfin (definite accusative delfini, plural delfinlər)

  1. dolphin

Declension

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Declension of delfin
singular plural
nominative delfindelfinlər
definite accusative delfinidelfinləri
dative delfinədelfinlərə
locative delfindədelfinlərdə
ablative delfindəndelfinlərdən
definite genitive delfinindelfinlərin
Possessive forms of delfin
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) delfinim delfinlərim
sənin (“your”) delfinin delfinlərin
onun (“his/her/its”) delfini delfinləri
bizim (“our”) delfinimiz delfinlərimiz
sizin (“your”) delfininiz delfinləriniz
onların (“their”) delfini or delfinləri delfinləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) delfinimi delfinlərimi
sənin (“your”) delfinini delfinlərini
onun (“his/her/its”) delfinini delfinlərini
bizim (“our”) delfinimizi delfinlərimizi
sizin (“your”) delfininizi delfinlərinizi
onların (“their”) delfinini or delfinlərini delfinlərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) delfinimə delfinlərimə
sənin (“your”) delfininə delfinlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) delfininə delfinlərinə
bizim (“our”) delfinimizə delfinlərimizə
sizin (“your”) delfininizə delfinlərinizə
onların (“their”) delfininə or delfinlərinə delfinlərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) delfinimdə delfinlərimdə
sənin (“your”) delfinində delfinlərində
onun (“his/her/its”) delfinində delfinlərində
bizim (“our”) delfinimizdə delfinlərimizdə
sizin (“your”) delfininizdə delfinlərinizdə
onların (“their”) delfinində or delfinlərində delfinlərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) delfinimdən delfinlərimdən
sənin (“your”) delfinindən delfinlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) delfinindən delfinlərindən
bizim (“our”) delfinimizdən delfinlərimizdən
sizin (“your”) delfininizdən delfinlərinizdən
onların (“their”) delfinindən or delfinlərindən delfinlərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) delfinimin delfinlərimin
sənin (“your”) delfininin delfinlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) delfininin delfinlərinin
bizim (“our”) delfinimizin delfinlərimizin
sizin (“your”) delfininizin delfinlərinizin
onların (“their”) delfininin or delfinlərinin delfinlərinin

Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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delfin c (singular definite delfinen, plural indefinite delfiner)

  1. dolphin

Declension

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Declension of delfin
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative delfin delfinen delfiner delfinerne
genitive delfins delfinens delfiners delfinernes

References

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Hungarian

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 delfin on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛlfin]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: del‧fin
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

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delfin (plural delfinek)

  1. dolphin

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
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
Possessive forms of delfin
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

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Expressions

Further reading

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.fin/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlfin
  • Syllabification: del‧fin

Etymology 1

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Delfin (1).

    Borrowed from Polish delfin, from German Delphin, from Latin delphinus.

    Noun

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    delfin m animal

    1. dolphin (mammal of the subfamilies Delphinoidea or Platanistoidea)
      Synonym: (dialectal) mòrsczi szczirz

    Etymology 2

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      Borrowed from Polish delfin, from Medieval Latin delphinus.

      Noun

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      delfin m animal

      1. dauphin (eldest son of the king of France)

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      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Etymology

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      From Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), via Latin delphinus.

      Noun

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      delfin m (definite singular delfinen, indefinite plural delfiner, definite plural delfinene)

      1. a dolphin, in particular Delphinus delphis

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Etymology

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      From Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), via Latin delphinus.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      delfin m (definite singular delfinen, indefinite plural delfinar, definite plural delfinane)

      1. a dolphin, in particular Delphinus delphis

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      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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      delfin

      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

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        Learned borrowing from Latin delphīnus.

        Noun

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        delfin m animal (diminutive delfinek, related adjective delfini)

        1. dolphin (aquatic mammal)
        Declension
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        Declension of delfin
        singular plural
        nominative delfin delfiny
        genitive delfina delfinów
        dative delfinowi delfinom
        accusative delfina delfiny
        instrumental delfinem delfinami
        locative delfinie delfinach
        vocative delfinie delfiny
        Derived terms
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        nouns
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        nouns
        Descendants
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        • → Kashubian: delfin

        Noun

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        delfin m animal

        1. (swimming) butterfly, butterfly stroke
          Synonyms: delfinek, motyl, motylek, styl motylkowy
        Declension
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        Declension of delfin
        singular
        nominative delfin
        genitive delfina
        dative delfinowi
        accusative delfina
        instrumental delfinem
        locative delfinie
        vocative delfinie

        Etymology 2

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          Semantic loan from French dauphin.

          Noun

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          delfin m pers (female equivalent delfina)

          1. (historical) dauphin (eldest son of king of France)
          2. (by extension, figuratively) dauphin (eldest son)
          3. (humorous) dauphin (person believed to be appointed by the leader of a group or a social or political organisation to be their successor)
          Declension
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          Declension of delfin
          singular plural
          nominative delfin delfini/delfiny (deprecative)
          genitive delfina delfinów
          dative delfinowi delfinom
          accusative delfina delfinów
          instrumental delfinem delfinami
          locative delfinie delfinach
          vocative delfinie delfini
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          nouns
          Descendants
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          Etymology 3

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          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Noun

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          delfin f

          1. genitive plural of delfina

          Further reading

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          • delfin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
          • delfin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

          Romanian

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from Italian delfino or Latin delphinus, earlier from Greek δελφίνι (delfíni).

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /delˈfin/
          • Rhymes: -in
          • Hyphenation: del‧fin

          Noun

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          delfin m (plural delfini)

          1. dolphin
          2. the Delphinus constellation
          3. (swimming) butterfly

          Declension

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          singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative-accusative delfin delfinul delfini delfinii
          genitive-dative delfin delfinului delfini delfinilor
          vocative delfinule delfinilor

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          Romansch

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          Etymology

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          From Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).

          Noun

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          delfin m (plural delfins)

          1. dolphin

          Serbo-Croatian

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          Noun

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          dèlfīn m anim (Cyrillic spelling дѐлфӣн)

          1. dolphin (mammal)
          2. (swimming) butterfly
          3. (sports, slang, chiefly in plural) member of the Serbia national water polo team

          Declension

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          Declension of delfin
          singular plural
          nominative dèlfīn delfini
          genitive delfína delfina
          dative delfinu delfinima
          accusative delfina delfine
          vocative delfine delfini
          locative delfinu delfinima
          instrumental delfinom delfinima

          Slovene

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          Pronunciation

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          Noun

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          delfȋn m anim

          1. dolphin (aquatic mammal)
          2. (swimming) butterfly

          Declension

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          		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
          Masculine anim., hard o-stem
          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

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          • “delfin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

          Swedish

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          Noun

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          delfin c

          1. dolphin

          Declension

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          Declension of delfin
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite delfin delfins
          definite delfinen delfinens
          plural indefinite delfiner delfiners
          definite delfinerna delfinernas

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          Volapük

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          Noun

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          delfin (nominative plural delfins)

          1. (male or female) dolphin

          Declension

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          Declension of delfin
          singular plural
          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

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