delfeno

Esperanto

delfenino kaj delfenido

Etymology

From French dauphin, English dolphin, German Delphin, Russian дельфин, and Polish delfin, ultimately from Latin delphīnus, with -ino altered to -eno to avoid confusion with the suffix -ino.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [delˈfeno]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: del‧fe‧no

Noun

delfeno (accusative singular delfenon, plural delfenoj, accusative plural delfenojn)

1. a dolphin

Hypernyms

• cetaco (“cetacean”)

Hyponyms

• delfeniĉo (neologism), virdelfeno (“male dolphin, dolphin bull”) (idiomatic)
• delfenido (“young dolphin, dolphin calf”)
• delfenino (“female dolphin, dolphin cow”)

Holonyms

• delfenaro (“a pod of dolphins”)

Derived terms

• delfena (“delphine”)