dauphine

[ daw-feen; French doh-feen ]

/ ˈdɔ fin; French doʊˈfin /

the wife of a dauphin.

Also dauphiness.

Origin of dauphine

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

daunt, daunting, dauntless, daunus, dauphin, dauphine, dauphiness, dauphiné, daur, dausset, daut

Dauphiné

[ doh-fee-ney ]

/ doʊ fiˈneɪ /

a historical region and former province of SE France.

A tremendous collision was impending, and thus far the Dauphine had done nothing to avoid it.

Taken by the Enemy |Oliver Optic
Captain Pecklar looked astern of the tug, and saw that the Dauphine was rapidly approaching.

Taken by the Enemy |Oliver Optic
I did not know a word of it until the Dauphine came to tell it me with tears in her eyes.

The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete |Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
I suppose you remember the Dauphine, which was fitting out when you were in Mobile Bay?

Within The Enemy's Lines |Oliver Optic

They say that Charles X. is much broken, and the Dauphine is aged and very thin and nervous, always in tears.

Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 |Dorothy Duchesse de Dino

dauphine

/ (ˈdɔːfiːn, dɔːˈfiːn, French dofin) /

French history the wife of a dauphin

Dauphiné

/ (French dofine) /

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