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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“dolphins” is a form of

dolphin

UK /ˈdɒlf.ɪn/ · US /ˈdɑlf.ɪn/ noun, proper noun

Forms dolphins

  1. noun A carnivorous cetacean, typically with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
  2. noun Tursiops truncatus, (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin) the most well-known species.
  3. noun A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
  4. noun (heraldry) A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
  5. noun The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
  6. noun (history) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
  7. noun (nautical) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
  8. noun (nautical) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
  9. noun (nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.
  10. proper noun A surname.
  11. proper noun A township in Knox County, Nebraska, United States.
  12. proper noun An unincorporated community in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States.
  13. proper noun An unincorporated community in San Juan County, Washington, United States.
  14. proper noun A hamlet in Brynford community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1973).
  15. proper noun Synonym of Delphinus (constellation).
  16. noun A member of an athletic team called the Dolphins, such as the Miami Dolphins and teams of various institutions of learning.

Synonyms

mereswine sea goose sea pig Delphinus dolphinfish mahimahi

Etymology

From Middle English delphyn, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”); the modern form in -ol- is probably influenced by the pronunciation of Middle French dauphin. Compare Swedish delfin. Doublet of dauphin. Displaced native Old English mereswīn (literally “sea pig”), whence English mereswine.

Ultimately from 3rd Duke of Alba (duc-d'Albe in French), who was the first to build this type of structure in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century. Possibly from Dutch dukdalf, or the plural dukdalven, through elision of the initial duk-.

From Middle English Dolfin, from Old Norse Dólgfinnr (given name), from dólgr (“enemy”) + Finnr (“Sami”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun (a) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.
  2. noun A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.

Etymology [F. dauphin dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. Dauphin, Delphine.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “dolphin”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “dolphin” (best matches first).