dauphine

[ daw-feen; French doh-feen ]

/ ˈdɔ fin; French doʊˈfin /

noun, plural dau·phines [daw-feenz; French doh-feen] /ˈdɔ finz; French doʊˈfin/.

the wife of a dauphin.

Nearby words

daunting, dauntless, dauntlessly, daunus, dauphin, dauphine, dauphiness, dauphiné, daur, dausset, daut

Also dauphiness.

Origin of dauphine

1860–65; < French; Middle French dalfine, feminine of dalphin dauphin

Definition for dauphine (2 of 2)

Dauphiné

[ doh-fee-ney ]

/ doʊ fiˈneɪ /

noun

a historical region and former province of SE France.

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Examples from the Web for dauphine

A tremendous collision was impending, and thus far the Dauphine had done nothing to avoid it.
Taken by the Enemy|Oliver Optic
Captain Pecklar looked astern of the tug, and saw that the Dauphine was rapidly approaching.
Taken by the Enemy|Oliver Optic
I did not know a word of it until the Dauphine came to tell it me with tears in her eyes.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete|Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
I suppose you remember the Dauphine, which was fitting out when you were in Mobile Bay?
Within The Enemy's Lines|Oliver Optic

They say that Charles X. is much broken, and the Dauphine is aged and very thin and nervous, always in tears.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835|Dorothy Duchesse de Dino

British Dictionary definitions for dauphine (1 of 2)

dauphine

dauphiness (ˈdɔːfɪnɪs)

/ (ˈdɔːfiːn, dɔːˈfiːn, French dofin) /

noun

French history the wife of a dauphin

British Dictionary definitions for dauphine (2 of 2)

Dauphiné

/ (French dofine) /

noun

a former province of SE France: its rulers, the Counts of Vienne, assumed the title of dauphin; annexed to France in 1457

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