different between prince vs dauphin
prince
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, from Old French prince, from Latin pr?nceps (“first head”), from pr?mus (“first”) + capi? (“seize, take”). Doublet of princeps.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?ns, IPA(key): /p??ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
- Homophone: prints (/p??nts/) (in some accents)
Noun
prince (plural princes)
- (now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. [from 13th c.]
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, 2010, p.600:
- By his last years Erasmus realized that princes like Henry VIII and François I had deceived him in their elaborate negotiations for universal peace, but his belief in the potential of princely power for good remained undimmed.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, 2010, p.411:
- If Henry does not fully trust him, is it surprising? A prince is alone: in his council chamber, in his bedchamber, and finally in Hell's antechamber, stripped – as Harry Percy said – for Judgment.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, 2010, p.600:
- (obsolete) A female monarch.
- Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
- Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. [from 13th c.]
- The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]
- 2011, Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian, 26 June:
- He is the prince who never grew up – a one-time playboy and son of the Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.
- 2011, Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian, 26 June:
- A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]
- A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
- Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 2011, Katharine Whitehorn, The Guardian, 16 October:
- Conspiracy theories are always enticing: one I was involved with in the 50s was about Mayerling, the 19th-century Austrian scandal involving a prince’s lover who died in dodgy circumstances in a hunting lodge.
- The mushroom Agaricus augustus.
- A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana.
Usage notes
- The female equivalent is princess.
- A prince is usually addressed as "Your Highness". A son of a king is "His Royal Highness"; a son of an emperor is "His Imperial Highness". A sovereign prince may have a style such as "His Serene Highness".
Synonyms
- (mushroom): Agaricus augustus
Hypernyms
- ruler
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- Agaricus augustus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Agaricus augustus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
- prince in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prince in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- pincer
French
Etymology
From Middle French prince, from Old French prince, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin pr?nceps, pr?ncipem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???s/
Noun
prince m (plural princes)
- prince
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Turkish: prens
Further reading
- “prince” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- pincer
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French prince.
Noun
prince m (plural princes)
- prince
Descendants
- French: prince
Old French
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin pr?ncipem, accusative singular of pr?nceps.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?prin.t?s?/
Noun
prince m (oblique plural princes, nominative singular princes, nominative plural prince)
- prince
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin pr?nceps, possibly a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?intse/
Noun
prince m (oblique plural princes, nominative singular princes, nominative plural prince)
- prince
- c. 1235, anonymous, Vida of Jaufre Rudel:
- Jaufres Rudels de Blaia si fo mout gentils hom, e fo princes de Blaia.
- Jaufre Rudel of Blaye was a most noble man, and was the Lord of Blaye.
- c. 1235, anonymous, Vida of Jaufre Rudel:
Walloon
Noun
prince m (plural princes, feminine princesse, feminine plural princesses)
- prince
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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)
- 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.
- (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
- 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)
- dolphin
- (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)
- successor, dauphin
- 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)
- (historical) dauphin (eldest son of the king of France)
- Synonym: delfim
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