dauphine

¹ American  

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

noun

plural

dauphines

1. the wife of a dauphin.

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Dauphiné ² American  

[doh-fee-ney] / doʊ fiˈneɪ /

noun

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

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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

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dauphine ² British  

/ dofin, ˈdɔːfiːn, ˈdɔːfɪnɪs, dɔːˈfiːn /

noun

1. French history the wife of a dauphin

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Etymology

Origin of dauphine

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

Example Sentences

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

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

The dauphine wept, her husband trembled, the children were full of excitement and eager for play.

From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth

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