dolphin

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from ; the modern form in -ol- is probably influenced by the pronunciation of 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬. . Displaced native.

Noun

 * 1) A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
 * , the most well-known species.
 * 1) A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado,, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
 * 2)  A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
 * 3) The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
 * 6)  A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
 * 7)  A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
 * 8)  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.
 * 9)  One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.
 * 10)  A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit.
 * 1)  One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.
 * 2)  A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit.
 * 1)  One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.
 * 2)  A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit.
 * 1)  One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.
 * 2)  A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit.

Derived terms

 * black dolphin
 * ( spp.)
 * Chilean dolphin
 * Clymene dolphin
 * dolphinfish ( spp.)
 * dolphin fly
 * Fraser's dolphin
 * Ganges River dolphin
 * green dolphin
 * Guiana dolphin
 * (Sousa spp.)
 * Indus River dolphin
 * Irrawaddy dolphin
 * Peale's dolphin
 * Sarawak dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * dolphinfish ( spp.)
 * dolphin fly
 * Fraser's dolphin
 * Ganges River dolphin
 * green dolphin
 * Guiana dolphin
 * (Sousa spp.)
 * Indus River dolphin
 * Irrawaddy dolphin
 * Peale's dolphin
 * Sarawak dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * Ganges River dolphin
 * green dolphin
 * Guiana dolphin
 * (Sousa spp.)
 * Indus River dolphin
 * Irrawaddy dolphin
 * Peale's dolphin
 * Sarawak dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * Indus River dolphin
 * Irrawaddy dolphin
 * Peale's dolphin
 * Sarawak dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * Peale's dolphin
 * Sarawak dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * Peale's dolphin
 * Sarawak dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * Sarawak dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * Sarawak dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * wax the dolphin
 * wax the dolphin

Translations

 * Abkhaz: адельфин, амшынҳәа
 * Adyghe: хыкъо, псыкъу
 * Afrikaans:
 * Ainu: オコㇺ, タンヌ, トゥワユㇰ
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: دُلْفِين, دَرْفِيل, دُخَس
 * Aragonese: dalfín
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: դելփին
 * Assamese: শিহু, উলুপী
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܹܠܦܝܼܢܵܐ
 * Asturian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: дэльфі́н
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Breton: delfin,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵣⵢⴰⵎ
 * Central Melanau: belusok
 * Chamicuro: walali
 * Cherokee: ᏗᏁᏍᏆᏕᎩ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 海豚
 * Hakka: 海豚
 * Hokkien:, 海豬仔, , 海鼠 , 鯃魚, 海徛, 海鰡, 烏鯃, 白鯃, 白鰗
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Wu: 海豚
 * Cornish: pyffyer, morhogh
 * Crimean Tatar: yunus balığı
 * Czech: plískavice,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: delfeno
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: springari, delfin
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, touliña
 * Georgian: დელფინი
 * Old Georgian: დელფინი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δελφίν, δελφίς
 * Greenlandic: aarluarsuk
 * Guaraní: guayraka
 * Gujarati: શિશુમાર
 * Haitian Creole: dofen
 * Hawaiian: hoikiuna
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: सूंस, डॉल्फ़िन
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: delphino
 * Irish: deilf
 * Istriot: dulfeîn
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese: lumba-lumba
 * Kabardian:
 * Kabyle: azyam
 * Kazakh: дельфин
 * Khmer:
 * Kikai: 海豚
 * Korean:
 * Kunigami: 海豚
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:, ປາໂລມາ, ເດິນຟິນ, ໂລມາ, ໝູທະເລ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: delfīns
 * Laz: delpina
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:, Swienfisch
 * Macedonian: делфин
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: lumba-lumba
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: delfini
 * Manchu: ᠨᠠᠮᡠ ᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ
 * Mansaka: lomba
 * Manx: doraid
 * Maori: aihe
 * Middle English: delphyn, mereswyn
 * Mongolian: далайн гахай
 * Navajo: tééh hóyáanii
 * Nivkh: поми
 * Norman: dauphîn
 * Northern Amami Ōshima: 海豚
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: delfin
 * Nynorsk: delfin
 * Occitan:
 * Okinawan: 海豚
 * Old English: mereswīn
 * Ottoman Turkish: یونس بالغی
 * Papiamentu: dòlfein
 * Persian:, خوک‌ماهی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: phujpuri
 * Romagnol: dilfòin
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: delfin
 * Russian:
 * Samoan:
 * Sardinian: gorfinu, grufinu, gurfinu
 * Scots: dowphin
 * Scottish Gaelic: leumadair, bèist-ghorm, deilf, muc-bhiorach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дупин, делфин, плискавица
 * Roman:, ,
 * Sicilian:, , , ,
 * Sinhalese: ඩොල්ෆින්
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: hoombarada
 * Southern Amami Ōshima: 海豚
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: profosu
 * Sundanese: ᮜᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮜᮥᮙ᮪ᮘ
 * Swahili: pomboo
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: lumba-lumba, lumbalumba
 * Tahitian:
 * Tajik: делфин
 * Tamil:
 * Ternate: kohia, kahia
 * Thai:, ปลาโลมา
 * Tibetan: མཚོ་ཕག
 * Tidore: kahia
 * Tigrinya: ኣቡ ሰላማ
 * Tongan:
 * Turkish:, , ırgay
 * Turkmen: delfin
 * Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎐𐎃𐎗
 * Ukrainian: дельфі́н
 * Urdu: ڈالفن
 * Uyghur: دېلفىن
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian:, delfin
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: dolfin
 * Yámana: sauyánux
 * Yanyuwa: miriyi
 * Yiddish: דעלפֿין
 * Zulu:


 * Finnish: kiinnityspoiju,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: kiinnityslenkki,
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
Ultimately from 3rd Duke of Alba ( in French), who was the first to build this type of structure in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century. Possibly from, or the plural , through elision of the initial duk-.

Noun

 * 1)  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

 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Dalbe
 * Italian: briccola
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: причальный пал, куст свай
 * Spanish: duque de Alba
 * Swedish: ,
 * Venetian: bricoła