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

(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.

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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
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

Dauphiné

Derived terms

Related terms

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

Dauphiné

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