Dolphin

//ˈdɒlf.ɪn//

Synonyms for "dolphin" (45 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (9)

Proper Noun(1 words)
delphinus
Noun(1 words)
dolphinfish

Strong matches (14)

Noun(2 words)
doradomahimahi

Related words (22)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

5 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

7 entries

at location

2 entries

capable of

1 entries

dbpedia genre

1 entries

derived

81 entries

Showing 16 of 81 words.

has context

4 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

7 entries

related to

38 entries

Showing 16 of 38 words.

Translations

228 translations across 149 languages.

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Abkhaz

2 entries
  • адельфин noun (aquatic mammal)
  • амшынҳәа noun (aquatic mammal)

Adyghe

2 entries
  • псыкъу noun (aquatic mammal)
  • хыкъо noun (aquatic mammal)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • dolfyn noun (aquatic mammal)

Ainu

3 entries
  • オコㇺ noun (aquatic mammal)
  • タンヌ noun (aquatic mammal)
  • トゥワユㇰ noun (aquatic mammal)

Albanian

1 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • δελφίν noun (aquatic mammal)
  • δελφίς noun (aquatic mammal)

Arabic

3 entries
  • دَرْفِيل noun (aquatic mammal)
  • دُخَس noun (aquatic mammal)
  • دُلْفِين noun (aquatic mammal)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • dalfín noun (aquatic mammal)

Armenian

1 entries
  • դելֆին noun (aquatic mammal)

Assamese

2 entries
  • উলুপী noun (aquatic mammal)
  • শিহু noun (aquatic mammal)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܕܹܠܦܝܼܢܵܐ noun (aquatic mammal)

Asturian

3 entries
  • golfín noun (aquatic mammal)
  • llofín noun (aquatic mammal)
  • toliña noun (aquatic mammal)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Basque

1 entries
  • izurde noun (aquatic mammal)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • дэльфі́н noun (aquatic mammal)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ডলফিন noun (aquatic mammal)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • lumod noun (aquatic mammal)

Breton

2 entries
  • beg-hir noun (aquatic mammal)
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • делфи́н noun (aquatic mammal)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လင်းပိုင် noun (aquatic mammal)

Catalan

1 entries
  • dofí noun (aquatic mammal)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries
  • ⴰⵣⵢⴰⵎ noun (aquatic mammal)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • belusok noun (aquatic mammal)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • walali noun (aquatic mammal)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏗᏁᏍᏆᏕᎩ noun (aquatic mammal)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 海徛 noun (aquatic mammal)
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)
  • 海豬 /海猪 noun (aquatic mammal)
  • 海豬仔 /海猪仔 noun (aquatic mammal)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)
  • 海豨 noun (aquatic mammal)
  • 海豬 /海猪 noun (aquatic mammal)

Cornish

2 entries
  • morhogh noun (aquatic mammal)
  • pyffer noun (aquatic mammal)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • yunus balığı noun (aquatic mammal)

Czech

2 entries
  • delfín noun (aquatic mammal)
  • plískavice noun (aquatic mammal)

Danish

2 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)
  • duc d'albe noun (maritime structure)

Dutch

1 entries
  • dolfijn noun (aquatic mammal)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • s-i-in:n-Aa2:N33C*Z1-n-M14-wr:r-mw noun (aquatic mammal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • delfeno noun (aquatic mammal)

Estonian

1 entries
  • delfiin noun (aquatic mammal)

Faroese

2 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)
  • springari noun (aquatic mammal)

Finnish

4 entries
  • delfiini noun (aquatic mammal)
  • diktaali noun (nautical: anchored spar or buoy for mooring)
  • diktaali noun (nautical: mooring post)
  • diktaali noun (maritime structure)

French

2 entries
  • dauphin noun (aquatic mammal)
  • duc-d'Albe noun (maritime structure)

Galician

2 entries
  • golfiño noun (aquatic mammal)
  • touliña noun (aquatic mammal)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დელფინი noun (aquatic mammal)

German

3 entries
  • Dalbe noun (maritime structure)
  • Delfin noun (aquatic mammal)
  • Delphin noun (aquatic mammal)

Greek

1 entries
  • δελφίνι noun (aquatic mammal)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • aarluarsuk noun (aquatic mammal)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • શિશુમાર noun (aquatic mammal)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • dofen noun (aquatic mammal)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • hoikiuna noun (aquatic mammal)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • דּוֹלְפִין noun (aquatic mammal)

Hindi

3 entries
  • शिशुमार noun (aquatic mammal)
  • सूँस noun (aquatic mammal)
  • सूंस noun (aquatic mammal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • höfrungur noun (aquatic mammal)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • lumba-lumba noun (aquatic mammal)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • delphino noun (aquatic mammal)

Irish

1 entries
  • deilf noun (aquatic mammal)

Istriot

1 entries
  • dulfeîn noun (aquatic mammal)

Italian

2 entries
  • briccola noun (maritime structure)
  • delfino noun (aquatic mammal)

Japanese

3 entries
  • イルカ noun (aquatic mammal)
  • ドルフィン noun (maritime structure)
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)

Javanese

1 entries
  • lumba-lumba noun (aquatic mammal)

Kabardian

1 entries
  • хыкхъуэ noun (aquatic mammal)

Kabyle

1 entries
  • azyam noun (aquatic mammal)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • سوٗسمار noun (aquatic mammal)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • дельфин noun (aquatic mammal)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ផ្សោត noun (aquatic mammal)

Kikai

1 entries
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)

Korean

2 entries
  • 돌고래 noun (aquatic mammal)
  • 돌핀 noun (maritime structure)

Kunigami

1 entries
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • дельфин noun (aquatic mammal)

Lao

4 entries
  • ປາເດິນຟິນ noun (aquatic mammal)
  • ປາໂລມາ noun (aquatic mammal)
  • ເດິນຟິນ noun (aquatic mammal)
  • ໂລມາ noun (aquatic mammal)

Latin

1 entries
  • delphīnus noun (aquatic mammal)

Latvian

1 entries
  • delfīns noun (aquatic mammal)

Laz

1 entries
  • delpina noun (aquatic mammal)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • delfinas noun (aquatic mammal)

Low German

2 entries
  • Meerswien noun (aquatic mammal)
  • Swienfisch noun (aquatic mammal)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • делфин noun (aquatic mammal)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • feso noun (aquatic mammal)

Malay

1 entries
  • lumba-lumba noun (aquatic mammal)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഏടി noun (aquatic mammal)

Maltese

1 entries
  • delfini noun (aquatic mammal)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠨᠠᠮᡠ ᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ noun (aquatic mammal)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • lomba noun (aquatic mammal)

Manx

1 entries
  • doraid noun (aquatic mammal)

Marathi

1 entries
  • डॉलफिन noun (aquatic mammal)

Middle English

2 entries
  • delphyn noun (aquatic mammal)
  • mereswyn noun (aquatic mammal)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • далайн гахай noun (aquatic mammal)

Māori

1 entries
  • aihe noun (aquatic mammal)

Navajo

1 entries
  • tééh hóyáanii noun (aquatic mammal)

Nivkh

1 entries
  • поми noun (aquatic mammal)

Norman

1 entries
  • dauphîn noun (aquatic mammal)

Northern Amami Ōshima

1 entries
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • dikkedal noun (maritime structure)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)
  • springar noun (aquatic mammal)

Occitan

1 entries
  • dalfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • դելփին noun (aquatic mammal)

Old English

1 entries
  • mereswīn noun (aquatic mammal)

Old Georgian

1 entries
  • დელფინი noun (aquatic mammal)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • یونس بالغی noun (aquatic mammal)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • dòlfein noun (aquatic mammal)

Persian

2 entries
  • خوکماهی noun (aquatic mammal)
  • دلفین noun (aquatic mammal)

Polish

1 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • delfim noun (aquatic mammal)
  • golfinho noun (aquatic mammal)

Quechua

1 entries
  • phujpuri noun (aquatic mammal)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • dilfòin noun (aquatic mammal)

Romanian

1 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Romansch

1 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Russian

3 entries
  • дельфи́н noun (aquatic mammal)
  • куст свай noun (maritime structure)
  • причальные палы noun (maritime structure)

Samoan

1 entries
  • masimasi noun (aquatic mammal)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • gorfinu noun (aquatic mammal)
  • grufinu noun (aquatic mammal)
  • gurfinu noun (aquatic mammal)

Scots

1 entries
  • dowphin noun (aquatic mammal)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • bèist-ghorm noun (aquatic mammal)
  • deilf noun (aquatic mammal)
  • leumadair noun (aquatic mammal)
  • muc-bhiorach noun (aquatic mammal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)
  • dupin noun (aquatic mammal)
  • pliskavica noun (aquatic mammal)
  • делфин noun (aquatic mammal)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • darfinu noun (aquatic mammal)
  • derfinu noun (aquatic mammal)
  • derfinu noun (aquatic mammal)
  • dirfinu noun (aquatic mammal)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ඩොල්ෆින් noun (aquatic mammal)

Slovak

1 entries
  • delfín noun (aquatic mammal)

Slovene

1 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Somali

1 entries
  • hoombarada noun (aquatic mammal)

Southern Amami Ōshima

1 entries
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)

Spanish

2 entries
  • delfín noun (aquatic mammal)
  • duque de Alba noun (maritime structure)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • profosu noun (aquatic mammal)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • ᮜᮥᮙ᮪ᮘᮜᮥᮙ᮪ᮘ noun (aquatic mammal)

Swahili

1 entries
  • pomboo noun (aquatic mammal)

Swedish

4 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)
  • diktal noun (maritime structure)
  • dykdalb noun (nautical: anchored spar or buoy for mooring)
  • dykdalb noun (nautical: mooring post)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠚꠥ noun (aquatic mammal)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • lumba-lumba noun (aquatic mammal)
  • lumbalumba noun (aquatic mammal)

Tajik

1 entries
  • делфин noun (aquatic mammal)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஓங்கில் noun (aquatic mammal)

Ternate

2 entries
  • kahia noun (aquatic mammal)
  • kohia noun (aquatic mammal)

Thai

2 entries
  • ปลาโลมา noun (aquatic mammal)
  • โลมา noun (aquatic mammal)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • མཚོ་ཕག noun (aquatic mammal)

Tidore

1 entries
  • kahia noun (aquatic mammal)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ኣቡ ሰላማ noun (aquatic mammal)

Turkish

3 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)
  • yunus noun (aquatic mammal)
  • ırgay noun (aquatic mammal)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎀𐎐𐎃𐎗 noun (aquatic mammal)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • дельфі́н noun (aquatic mammal)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ڈالفن noun (aquatic mammal)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • دېلفىن noun (aquatic mammal)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Venetan

3 entries
  • bricoła noun (maritime structure)
  • delfin noun (aquatic mammal)
  • dolfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cá heo noun (aquatic mammal)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dolffin noun (aquatic mammal)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • dolfin noun (aquatic mammal)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 海豚 noun (aquatic mammal)

Yanyuwa

1 entries
  • miriyi noun (aquatic mammal)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • דעלפֿין noun (aquatic mammal)

Yámana

1 entries
  • sauyánux noun (aquatic mammal)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ihlengethwa noun (aquatic mammal)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A dolphin is a kind of mammal.

Source: tatoeba (65811)

A dolphin is a mammal.

Source: tatoeba (65812)

The dolphin is a very intelligent animal.

Source: tatoeba (65813)

The dolphin is an intelligent and playful creature.

Source: tatoeba (65814)

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