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)

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”)

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