different between porpose vs dauphin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus. Doublet of dolphin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??.fæ?/, /?d??.f?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /do??fæ?/, /?d?.f?n/, /?d?.f?n/
• Rhymes: -??f?n

Noun

dauphin (plural dauphins)

1. The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.
2. (allegorical): An eldest son.

   • "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came […] and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. […]"

Derived terms

• Dauphin County

Translations

Anagrams

• pudhina

Czech

Etymology

From French dauphin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dof??n]
• Hyphenation: dau?phin

Noun

dauphin m anim

1. dauphin, the eldest son of the king of France and heir apparent to the French throne

Declension

Related terms

• dauphine

Further reading

• dauphin in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• dauphin in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.f??/

Etymology 1

From Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus

Noun

dauphin m (plural dauphins)

1. dolphin
2. (heraldry) dolphin; the animal used as a charge

Derived terms

• dauphin à gros nez
• dauphin de Chine
• dauphin du Yangzi
• grand dauphin

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: dofen

Etymology 2

From French proper name Dauphin through association with crown princes of the name, from French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphinus

Noun

dauphin m (plural dauphins, feminine dauphine)

1. successor, dauphin
2. runner-up

Derived terms

• delphinal

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French dauphin.

Noun

dauphin m (plural dauphins)

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

   Synonym: delfim