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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delfeno#Esperanto
delfeno
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eilat_-_Dolphin_reef.jpg
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eilat_-_Dolphin_reef.jpg
delfenino kaj delfenido
Etymology
From French
dauphin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dauphin
, English dolphin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dolphin
, German Delphin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Delphin
, Russian дельфин
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD
, and Polish delfin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delfin
, ultimately from Latin delphīnus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delphinus
, with -ino altered to -eno to avoid confusion with the suffix -ino
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ino
. Pronunciation
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Noun
delfeno (accusative singular
delfenon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delfenon#Esperanto
, plural delfenoj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delfenoj#Esperanto
, accusative plural delfenojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delfenojn#Esperanto
) - a
dolphin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dolphin
Hypernyms
cetaco
(“cetacean
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cetacean
”)
Hyponyms
delfeniĉo
(neologism), virdelfeno
(“male
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/male
dolphin, dolphin bull
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bull
”) (idiomatic) delfenido
(“young
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/young
dolphin, dolphin calf
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calf
”) delfenino
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delfenino#Esperanto
(“female
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/female
dolphin, dolphin cow
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cow
”)
Holonyms
delfenaro
(“a pod
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pod
of dolphins”)
Derived terms
delfena
(“delphine
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delphine
”)