dauphin
Meaning of dauphin
noun
the eldest son of the King of France.
French, from the family name of the lords of the Dauphiné, an area of SE France: ultimately a nickname meaning ‘dolphin’. In 1349 the future Charles V acquired the lands and the title; when king he ceded them to his eldest son, establishing the practice of passing both title and lands to the Crown Prince.
Information about dauphin
- It is a name.
- The plural form of dauphin is: dauphins.
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Hyphenation of dauphin
dauphin
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- dauphin is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of dauphin
Words that rhyme with dauphin
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