Etymology

dauphine

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Today it means: The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness. Full definition →

French dauphine
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dauphine · noun1

  1. French · borrowed fromdauphine
  2. English todaydauphine

Borrowed from French dauphine, equivalent to dauphin + -ine.

dauphine · noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromdauphin
  2. French · borrowed fromdauphin
  3. English todaydauphine

Words from the same roots

Frenchdauphine all →

Dauphiné

Frenchdauphin all →

dauphin

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