delfeno
See also: Delfeno
Esperanto
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
- IPA(key): /delˈfeno/
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- Syllabification: del‧fe‧no
Noun
delfeno (accusative singular delfenon, plural delfenoj, accusative plural delfenojn)
- 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”)