different between dugong vs dolphin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano dugong.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: doo??g?ng, IPA^(key): /?du???/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dyoo??g?ng, IPA^(key): /?dju????/

Noun

dugong (plural dugongs)

1. A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions.

   Synonyms: sea cow, sea pig

Descendants

• ? Finnish: dugongi
• ? French: dugong
• ? Indonesian: dugong
• ? Italian: dugongo
• ? Malay: dugong
• ? Portuguese: dugongo
• Torres Strait Creole: dugong

Translations

See also

• manatee

Anagrams

• gun dog, gundog

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• dugung

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: du?gong

Noun

dugong

1. a dugong

Descendants

• ? English: dugong
  • ? Finnish: dugongi
  • ? French: dugong
  • ? Indonesian: dugong
  • ? Italian: dugongo
  • ? Malay: dugong
  • ? Portuguese: dugongo
  • Torres Strait Creole: dugong

French

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.????/, /dy.???/

Noun

dugong m (plural dugongs)

1. dugong

Further reading

• “dugong” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• duyung

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Noun

dugong (first-person possessive dugongku, second-person possessive dugongmu, third-person possessive dugongnya)

1. dugong (Dugong dugon)

Synonyms

• babi duyung
• ikan duyung

Malay

Alternative forms

• duyung / ??????

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /du?o?/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /du???/
• Rhymes: -u?o?, -?o?, -o?

Noun

dugong (Jawi spelling ??????, plural dugong-dugong, informal 1st possessive dugongku, impolite 2nd possessive dugongmu, 3rd possessive dugongnya)

1. dugong (Dugong dugon)

Synonyms

• babi duyung / ???? ??????
• ikan duyung / ???? ??????

Further reading

• “dugong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Noun

dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugonger, definite plural dugongene)

1. a dugong

References

• “dugong” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Noun

dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugongar, definite plural dugongane)

1. a dugong

Tagalog

Noun

dugong

1. dugong

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

Noun

dugong

1. dugong, Dugong dugon

Synonyms

• dhangal (western dialect)

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?lf?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?lf?n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English dolfin, from Old French daulphin, dalphin, daufin, from Latin delph?nus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (delphís), from ?????? (delphús, “womb”). Compare Swedish delfin. Doublet of dauphin. Displaced native mereswine (“dolphin or porpoise”), from Old English meresw?n (literally “sea pig”).

Noun

dolphin (plural dolphins)

1. A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.

   Synonyms: mereswine, sea goose, sea pig

2. 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.
3. (heraldry) A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
4. The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
5. (historical) 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.
6. (nautical) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
7. (nautical) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
8. A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
9. A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ham. Nav. Encyc to this entry?)

10. (military, obsolete) One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

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

Etymology 2

Ultimately from 3rd Duke of Alba (duc-d'Albe in French), who was the first to build this type of structure in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century. Possibly from Dutch dukdalf, or the plural dukdalven, through elision of the initial duk-.

Noun

dolphin (plural dolphins)

1. (nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• pinhold