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dauphine

1 American  
[daw-feen, doh-feen] / ˈdɔ fin, doʊˈfin /

noun

dauphines plural
  1. the wife of a dauphin.


Dauphiné 2 American  
[doh-fee-ney] / doʊ fiˈneɪ /

noun

  1. a historical region and former province of SE France.


Dauphiné 1 British  
/ dofine /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dauphine 2 British  
/ dofin, ˈdɔːfiːn, ˈdɔːfɪnɪs, dɔːˈfiːn /

noun

  1. French history the wife of a dauphin

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of dauphine

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

Example Sentences

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The meat, fabulous with hints of honey, ginger and North African spices, has strong competition in its sidekicks, dauphine potatoes and ruddy, intense eggplant flan.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2015

A year on, even those who wrote her off as Delanoë’s dauphine admit a grudging respect.

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2015

She saw her offering in our beauty, the benevolence of the dauphine in our softness, her own gratitude in our exquisite fineness, and princely munificence in our delicacy.

From Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore

Madame la Duchesse d'Angouleme, afterwards the dauphine, the Duchesse de Berry, the archbishop, later the chancellor, and several pious persons contributed liberally the first necessary sums.

From The Brotherhood of Consolation by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

Even the power of the dauphine was not sufficient to provide Adrienne de la Rocheaimard with a suitable husband.

From Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore

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