dauphine

¹

[ daw-feen; French doh-feen ]

noun

, plural dau·phines [daw, -feenz, doh-, feen].

1. the wife of a dauphin.

Dauphiné

²

[ doh-fee-ney ]

noun

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

dauphine

¹

/ dofin; ˈdɔːfiːn; ˈdɔːfɪnɪs; dɔːˈfiːn /

noun

1. French history the wife of a dauphin

Dauphiné

²

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dauphine¹

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

Example Sentences

There will be five residential areas, each named after a well-known area of Paris: Abbesses, Bastille, Dauphine, Étoile, Fêtes.

From Seattle Times

Two delivery men, aged 23 and 26, were arrested after leaving a package at the Laue Langevin Institute and telling guards as they left, “We did it. We delivered a bomb,” the local Le Dauphine Libere reported.

From Seattle Times

Starting in the Basque Country in northern Spain, the mountainous nature of this year’s course, which features only one time trial, could well give Vingegaard an edge again, as his recent win at the Criterium du Dauphine — a tough stage race serving as a rehearsal for the Tour — suggested.

From Washington Times

Bernal finished 12th overall at the Criterium du Dauphine earlier this month, the most important stage race in the build-up to the Tour, which starts on Saturday in Bilbao, Spain.

From Reuters

I think the last two weeks between the Dauphine and the Tour have helped me to train and improve a bit more.

From Reuters