dolphin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: dolphins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A carnivorous cetacean with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
pos: noun
gloss: A carnivorous cetacean with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
pos: noun
gloss: A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
pos: noun
gloss: A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
pos: noun
gloss: The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
pos: noun
gloss: A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
pos: noun
gloss: A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
pos: noun
gloss: A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
pos: noun
gloss: A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
pos: noun
gloss: A permanent fender designed to protect a heavy boat, bridge, or coastal structure from the impact of large floating objects such as ice, floating logs, or vessels.
pos: noun
examples: At each end of the piers in the water, in cases where several rows of pile are driven, a sort of cutwater should be formed, in order to ward off heavy bodies, such as floating trees, ice, etc. and prevent them from injuring the superstructure (called in German constructions, "Eisbrecher," or ice-breaker). This is usually done by driving one pile by itself in advance of the rest, or by forming what is called a "dolphin" at each end of the pier.
An ice-breaker or dolphin was also constructed during the latter part of the autumn, a little above the site for No. 2 dam, or that for the twoer nearest the Pesth shore; this dolphin, which served as a protection against the ice, rafts, &c. was constructed at this time, so that a means might be afforded of judging of the actual force of the ice during the winter ensuing; and the event proved that its construction was most fortunate, as the winter of 1840-41 was unusually severe.
The Dolphin is now seldom used, but a rope treated in the same manner, with mousings raised on it at regular intervals, is sometimes put around a Launch, just below the gunwale outside and secured there as a sort of permanent fender; this also is called a Dolphin.
For a dolphin or buoy to be placed on the south point of Goat Island, in the harbor of Newport, one hundred and fifty dollars.
Sometimes a stoppage would take place owing to the accumulation of ice between the Dolphin and the dam, which kept that above back until a mass of ice more resembling an island than anything else it can be compared to, would force the whole mass before it, breaking up the large blocks accumulated at the dam into a thousand pieces.
gloss: One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
Related words: cetacean
killer whale
pod
porpoise
sea lion
seal
whale
Derived words: Amazon dolphin
Amazon river dolphin
Amazon River dolphin
Arabian common dolphin
Araguaian river dolphin
Atlantic humpback dolphin
Atlantic spotted dolphin
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
Australian snubfin dolphin
black dolphin
blind river dolphin
bottlenose dolphin
Chilean dolphin
Chinese river dolphin
Chinese white dolphin
Clymene dolphin
Commerson's dolphin
common dolphin
delphine
dolphinarium
dolphin dive
dolphinese
dolphinet
dolphinfish
dolphin fly
dolphin-friendly
dolphin hugger
dolphining
dolphin kick
dolphinkind
dolphinless
dolphinlike
dolphin shorts
dolphinspeak
dolphin striker
dusky dolphin
flog the dolphin
Fraser's dolphin
Ganges River dolphin
green dolphin
Guiana dolphin
Heaviside's dolphin
Hector's dolphin
hourglass dolphin
humpback dolphin
Indian humpback dolphin
Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin
Indus River dolphin
Irrawaddy dolphin
La Plata dolphin
long-beaked common dolphin
Māui dolphin
oceanic dolphin
Pacific humpback dolphin
Pacific white-sided dolphin
panda dolphin
pantropical spotted dolphin
Peale's dolphin
piebald dolphin
pink dolphin
pink river dolphin
right whale dolphin
Risso's dolphin
river dolphin
rough-toothed dolphin
Sarawak dolphin
short-beaked common dolphin
side-swimming dolphin
skunk dolphin
South Asian river dolphin
southern right whale dolphin
spinner dolphin
spotted dolphin
striped dolphin
wax the dolphin
white-beaked dolphin
whitefin dolphin
white-sided dolphin
wholphin
Yangtze river dolphin
Yangtze dolphin
Yangtze River dolphin
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: адельфин
roman: adelʲfin
lang: Abkhaz
word: амшынҳәа
roman: amŝənḥʷa
lang: Afrikaans
word: dolfyn
lang: Ainu
word: オコㇺ
roman: okom
lang: Ainu
word: タンヌ
roman: tannu
lang: Ainu
word: トゥワユㇰ
roman: tuwayuk
lang: Albanian
word: delfin
lang: Northern Amami Ōshima
word: 海豚
roman: futu
lang: Southern Amami Ōshima
word: 海豚
roman: futu
lang: Arabic
word: دُلْفِين
roman: dulfīn
lang: Arabic
word: دَرْفِيل
roman: darfīl
lang: Arabic
word: دُخَس
roman: duḵas
lang: Aragonese
word: dalfín
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܕܹܠܦܝܼܢܵܐ
roman: delpīna
lang: Armenian
word: դելֆին
roman: delfin
lang: Old Armenian
word: դելփին
roman: delpʻin
lang: Assamese
word: শিহু
roman: xihu
lang: Assamese
word: উলুপী
roman: ulupi
lang: Assamese
word: ডেলফিন
roman: delophin
lang: Asturian
word: toliña
lang: Asturian
word: golfín
lang: Asturian
word: llofín
lang: Azerbaijani
word: delfin
lang: Basque
word: izurde
lang: Belarusian
word: дэльфі́н
roman: delʹfín
lang: Bengali
word: ডলফিন
roman: ḍolphin
lang: Central Bikol
word: lumod
lang: Breton
word: delfin
lang: Breton
word: beg-hir
lang: Bulgarian
word: делфи́н
roman: delfín
lang: Burmese
word: လင်းပိုင်
roman: lang:puing
lang: Catalan
word: dofí
lang: Cebuano
word: lumod
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⴰⵣⵢⴰⵎ
roman: azyam
lang: Chamicuro
word: walali
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏗᏁᏍᏆᏕᎩ
roman: dinesquadegi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 海豚
roman: hoi² tyun⁴
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 海豚
roman: hói-thùn
lang: Chinese
word: 海豬 /海猪
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 海豬仔 /海猪仔
roman: hái-ti-á, hái-tu-á
lang: Chinese
word: 海豚
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 海鼠
roman: hái-chhú
lang: Chinese
word: 鯃魚 /鯃鱼
roman: gô͘-hî, gô͘-hû
lang: Chinese
word: 海徛
roman: hái-khiā
lang: Chinese
word: 海鰡 /海𱈊
roman: hái-liu
lang: Chinese
word: 烏鯃 /乌鯃
roman: o͘-ngô͘
lang: Chinese
word: 白鯃
roman: pe̍h-gô͘, pe̍h-ngô͘
lang: Chinese
word: 白鰗 /白𬶞
roman: pe̍h-kô͘
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 海豚
roman: hǎitún
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 海豬 /海猪
roman: hǎizhū
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 海豨
roman: hǎixī
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 海豚
roman: ⁵he-den
lang: East Circassian
word: хыкхъуэ
roman: xəqꭓʷɛ
lang: West Circassian
word: хыкъо
roman: xəqʷo
lang: West Circassian
word: псыкъу
roman: psəqʷu
lang: Cornish
word: pyffer
lang: Cornish
word: morhogh
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: yunus balığı
lang: Czech
word: plískavice
lang: Czech
word: delfín
lang: Danish
word: delfin
lang: Dutch
word: dolfijn
lang: Egyptian
word: s-i-in:n-Aa2:N33C*Z1-n-M14-wr:r-mw
roman: sjn n wꜣḏ-wr
lang: Esperanto
word: delfeno
lang: Estonian
word: delfiin
lang: Faroese
word: springari
lang: Faroese
word: delfin
lang: Finnish
word: delfiini
lang: French
word: dauphin
lang: West-Frisian
word: dolfin
lang: Galician
word: golfiño
lang: Galician
word: touliña
lang: Georgian
word: დელფინი
roman: delpini
lang: Old Georgian
word: დელფინი
roman: delpini
lang: German
word: Delphin
lang: German
word: Delfin
lang: Greek
word: δελφίνι
roman: delfíni
lang: Ancient Greek
word: δελφίν
roman: delphín
lang: Ancient Greek
word: δελφίς
roman: delphís
lang: Greenlandic
word: aarluarsuk
lang: Gujarati
word: શિશુમાર
roman: śiśumār
lang: Haitian Creole
word: dofen
lang: Hawaiian
word: hoikiuna
lang: Hebrew
word: דּוֹלְפִין
roman: dolfín
lang: Hindi
word: सूंस
roman: sūns
lang: Hindi
word: सूँस
roman: sū̃s
lang: Hindi
word: शिशुमार
roman: śiśumār
lang: Hindi
word: डॉल्फ़िन
roman: ḍŏlfin
lang: Hindi
word: डॉल्फिन
roman: ḍŏlphin
lang: Hungarian
word: delfin
lang: Icelandic
word: höfrungur
lang: Indonesian
word: lumba-lumba
lang: Interlingua
word: delphino
lang: Irish
word: deilf
lang: Istriot
word: dulfeîn
lang: Italian
word: delfino
lang: Japanese
word: 海豚
roman: iruka
lang: Japanese
word: イルカ
roman: iruka
lang: Javanese
word: lumba-lumba
lang: Kabyle
word: azyam
lang: Kannada
word: ಡೊಲ್ಪಿನ್
roman: ḍolpin
lang: Kashmiri
word: سوٗسمار
roman: sūsmār
lang: Kazakh
word: дельфин
roman: delfin
lang: Khmer
word: ផ្សោត
roman: phsaot
lang: Kikai
word: 海豚
lang: Korean
word: 돌고래
roman: dolgorae
lang: Kunigami
word: 海豚
roman: hiitui
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: delfîn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: fînmasî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ûnis
lang: Kyrgyz
word: дельфин
roman: delfin
lang: Lao
word: ປາເດິນຟິນ
roman: pā dœn fin
lang: Lao
word: ປາໂລມາ
roman: pā lō mā
lang: Lao
word: ເດິນຟິນ
roman: dœn fin
lang: Lao
word: ໂລມາ
roman: lō mā
lang: Lao
word: ໝູທະເລ
roman: mū tha lē
lang: Latin
word: delphīnus
lang: Latvian
word: delfīns
lang: Laz
word: delpina
lang: Lithuanian
word: delfinas
lang: Low German
word: Meerswien
lang: Low German
word: Swienfisch
lang: Macedonian
word: делфин
roman: delfin
lang: Malagasy
word: feso
lang: Malay
word: lumba-lumba
lang: Malayalam
word: ഏടി
roman: ēṭi
lang: Malayalam
word: ഡോൾഫിൻ
roman: ḍōḷphiṉ
lang: Maltese
word: delfini
lang: Manchu
word: ᠨᠠᠮᡠ ᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ
roman: namu ulgiyan
lang: Mansaka
word: lomba
lang: Manx
word: doraid
lang: Māori
word: aihe
lang: Marathi
word: डॉलफिन
roman: ḍŏlphin
lang: Central Melanau
word: belusok
lang: Middle English
word: delphyn
lang: Middle English
word: mereswyn
lang: Mongolian
word: далайн гахай
roman: dalajn gaxaj
lang: Navajo
word: tééh hóyáanii
lang: Nepali
word: गुँज
roman: gũj
lang: Nivkh
word: поми
roman: pomi
lang: Norman
word: dauphîn
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: delfin
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: delfin
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: springar
lang: Occitan
word: dalfin
lang: Odia
word: ଡେଲଫିନ୍
roman: ḍelaphin
lang: Okinawan
word: 海豚
roman: fiitu
lang: Old English
word: mereswīn
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: делфин
roman: delfin
lang: Papiamentu
word: dòlfein
lang: Pashto
word: دولفين
roman: dolfin
lang: Pashto
word: ډالفين
roman: ḍālfin
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دُلْفین
roman: dolfin
lang: Polish
word: delfin
lang: Portuguese
word: golfinho
lang: Portuguese
word: delfim
lang: Quechua
word: phujpuri
lang: Romagnol
word: dilfòin
lang: Romanian
word: delfin
lang: Romansh
word: delfin
lang: Russian
word: дельфи́н
roman: delʹfín
lang: Samoan
word: masimasi
lang: Sardinian
word: gorfinu
lang: Sardinian
word: grufinu
lang: Sardinian
word: gurfinu
lang: Savosavo
word: ghulia
lang: Scots
word: dowphin
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: leumadair
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bèist-ghorm
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: deilf
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: muc-bhiorach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ду̀пӣн
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дѐлфӣн
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пли̏скавица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dùpīn
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dèlfīn
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: plȉskavica
lang: Sicilian
word: derfinu
lang: Sicilian
word: dirfinu
lang: Sicilian
word: derfinu
lang: Sicilian
word: draffinu
lang: Sicilian
word: darfinu
lang: Sinhalese
word: ඩොල්ෆින්
roman: ḍolfin
lang: Slovak
word: delfín
lang: Slovene
word: delfin
lang: Somali
word: hoombarada
lang: Spanish
word: delfín
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: profosu
lang: Sundanese
word: ᮜᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮜᮥᮙ᮪ᮘ
roman: lumbalumba
lang: Swahili
word: pomboo
lang: Swedish
word: delfin
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠚꠥ
roman: fú
lang: Tagalog
word: lumba-lumba
lang: Tagalog
word: lumbalumba
lang: Tajik
word: делфин
roman: delfin
lang: Tamil
word: ஓங்கில்
roman: ōṅkil
lang: Telugu
word: డాల్ఫిన్
roman: ḍālphin
lang: Ternate
word: kohia
lang: Ternate
word: kahia
lang: Thai
word: โลมา
roman: loo-maa
lang: Thai
word: ปลาโลมา
roman: bplaa loo-maa
lang: Tibetan
word: མཚོ་ཕག
roman: mtsho phag
lang: Tidore
word: kahia
lang: Tigrinya
word: ኣቡ ሰላማ
roman: ʾabu sälama
lang: Turkish
word: yunus
lang: Turkish
word: delfin
lang: Turkish
word: ırgay
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: یونس بالغی
roman: yunus balığı
lang: Turkmen
word: delfin
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎀𐎐𐎃𐎗
roman: ảnḫr
lang: Ukrainian
word: дельфі́н
roman: delʹfín
lang: Urdu
word: ڈولْفِن
roman: ḍolfin
lang: Urdu
word: ڈالْفِن
roman: ḍālfin
lang: Urdu
word: خُوکِ بَحْری
roman: xūk-i bahrī
lang: Uyghur
word: دېلفىن
roman: dëlfin
lang: Uzbek
word: delfin
lang: Venetan
word: dolfin
lang: Venetan
word: delfin
lang: Vietnamese
word: cá heo
lang: Welsh
word: dolffin
lang: Woiwurrung
word: tingin
lang: Woiwurrung
word: bar-bar-ka
lang: Woiwurrung
word: tole.ler.bope
lang: Yámana
word: sauyánux
lang: Yanyuwa
word: miriyi
lang: Yiddish
word: דעלפֿין
roman: delfin
lang: Zulu
word: ihlengethwa