Dauphiné

== English == === Alternative forms === Dauphiny, Delphinate === Etymology === Borrowed from French Dauphiné, from Medieval Latin Delphīnātus (literally “the Dauphinate”), ellipsis of Delphīnātus Viennēnsis (“the Dauphinate of Vienne”, literally “the Viennese Dauphinate”). The Latin delphīnātus (“dauphinate”) derives from delphīnus (“dauphin”) +‎ -ātus (suffix forming abstract nouns). Doublet of Dauphiny, Delphinate, and dauphinate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dəʊfɪˈneɪ/ === Proper noun === the Dauphiné (historical) A former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French Dauphiné, from Medieval Latin Delphīnātus (literally “the Dauphinate”), ellipsis of Delphīnātus Viennēnsis (“the Dauphinate of Vienne”, literally “the Viennese Dauphinate”). The Latin delphīnātus (“dauphinate”) derives from delphīnus (“dauphin”) +‎ -ātus (suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, dauphin +‎ -é (abstract noun suffix). Doublet of dauphiné, dauphinat, and delphinat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /do.fi.ne/ === Proper noun === Dauphiné m (historical) Dauphiné (a former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bulgarian: Дофине (Dofine) → Czech: Dauphiné → English: Dauphiné → German: Dauphiné → Greek: Ντωφινέ (Ntofiné) → Iranian Persian: دوفینه (dofine) → Ottoman Turkish: دوفینه (Dofine) Turkish: Dofine → Russian: Дофине́ (Dofiné) → Ukrainian: Дофіне́ (Dofiné) == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Dauphiné, from Medieval Latin Delphīnātus (literally “the Dauphinate”), ellipsis of Delphīnātus Viennēnsis (“the Dauphinate of Vienne”, literally “the Viennese Dauphinate”). The Latin delphīnātus (“dauphinate”) derives from delphīnus (“dauphin”) +‎ -ātus (suffix forming abstract nouns). Doublet of Dauphinat and Delphinat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dofiˈneː/ === Proper noun === das Dauphiné n (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive des Dauphinés or (optionally with an article) des Dauphiné) (historical) Dauphiné (a former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble) ==== Related terms ==== Dauphin == Middle French == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin Delphīnātus (literally “the Dauphinate”), ellipsis of Delphīnātus Viennēnsis (“the Dauphinate of Vienne”, literally “the Viennese Dauphinate”). The Latin delphīnātus (“dauphinate”) derives from delphīnus (“dauphin”) +‎ -ātus (suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, dauphin +‎ -é (abstract noun suffix). === Proper noun === Dauphiné m Dauphiné ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Dauphiny French: Dauphiné→ Bulgarian: Дофине (Dofine)→ Czech: Dauphiné→ English: Dauphiné→ German: Dauphiné→ Greek: Ντωφινέ (Ntofiné)→ Iranian Persian: دوفینه (dofine)→ Ottoman Turkish: دوفینه (Dofine)Turkish: Dofine→ Russian: Дофине́ (Dofiné)→ Ukrainian: Дофіне́ (Dofiné)