Dauphiné

See also: dauphine and Dauphine

English

Alternative forms

• Dauphiny

Etymology

Borrowed from French Dauphiné, from Latin Delphinatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəʊfɪˈneɪ/

Proper noun

Dauphiné

1. (historical) A former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.
   • 1563, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments:

     At length this sect having spread from Dauphiny into several other provinces, became very numerous in Provence.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 161:

     Linen textile production was well-developed in the north-west and in the Dauphiné, and the manufacturing of silk cloths around Lyon and Nîmes.

Related terms

• Dauphinois
• Dauphinoise
• dauphin
• dauphine
• delphinal

Translations

former province of France

• Azerbaijani: Dofine
• Bulgarian: Дофине (Dofine)
• Catalan: Delfinat m
• Czech: Dauphiné
• French: Dauphiné (fr) m
• German: Dauphiné
• Greek: Ντωφινέ (Ntofiné)
• Italian: Delfinato m
• Marathi: दोफिने (dophine)
• Occitan: Dalfinat (oc) m, Daufinat (oc) m
• Ottoman Turkish: دوفینه (Dofine)
• Persian: دوفینه (dofine)
• Russian: Дофине́ (Dofiné)
• Spanish: Delfinado m
• Ukrainian: Дофіне́ (Dofiné)

French

Etymology

From Latin Delphinātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.fi.ne/

Proper noun

Dauphiné m

1. Dauphiné

Derived terms

• dauphinois
• Dauphinois
• Dauphinoise

Related terms

• dauphin
• dauphine
• delphinal

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: Дофине (Dofine)
• → Czech: Dauphiné
• → English: Dauphiné
• → German: Dauphiné
• → Greek: Ντωφινέ (Ntofiné)
• → Ottoman Turkish: دوفینه (Dofine)
  • Turkish: Dofine
• → Persian: دوفینه (dofine)
• → Russian: Дофине́ (Dofiné)
• → Ukrainian: Дофіне́ (Dofiné)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French Dauphiné.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Dauphiné

1. Dauphiné