dolphin · Delphinus · ellipsis of Delphinschwimmen (“butterfly stroke”)
çekim: çoğul Delphine · tamlayan Delphins
köken: From Middle High German delfīn, telfīn (13th c.), from Latin delphinus. Forms with diphthongization (Delphein) are hardly attestable, meaning that it was not fully integrated before the Modern German period.
Delphine sind die mit Abstand intelligentesten aller Tiere.
1776, Neuer Schauplatz der Natur nach den richtigsten Beobachtungen und Versuchen. Zweyter Band, Leipzig, page 309
Die 21 schon den Alten bekannten nördlichen Sternbilder sind ... der Delphin oder das Meerschwein, delphinus.
köken: From Old French papeillon (12th c.), byform of paveillon, whence the modern doublet pavillon (“pavilion”). Both from Latin pāpiliōnem. The form with recovered -p- may be semi-learned, but has also been explained as a native development due to onomatopoeia. Another possibility would be influence by a hypothetical Old French *parpeillon, from Vulgar Latin *parpiliōnem (cf. Occitan parpalhon). The…
aile: arbre aux papillons, effet papillon, filet à papillons, minute papillon, nage papillon, nœud pap, nœud papillon, papillon de nuit, papillonnage, papillonner
vif et léger comme un papillon
Avec sa cour folâtre de jeunes merveilleux, papillons de boudoirs […] Véronique était là.
köken: Likely from the Vulgar Latin māreposā, which is a combination of māra (meaning "to flutter") and *pōsa (suggesting "to rest"). Another theory suggests it comes from the phrase María pósate (“Mary, alight!”). This likely stems from the belief that butterflies were the souls of the dead, and the Virgin Mary was often associated with souls. Another theory suggests it might be a combination of "mala…
aile: a otra cosa, mariposa, arbusto de las mariposas, cazamariposas, corbata de mariposa, efecto mariposa, lirio mariposa, mariposa de la muerte, mariposa de la seda, mariposa luna, mariposa monarca
butterfly · bow tie · pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties
çekim: çoğul farfalle
köken: Perhaps from Old Italian parpaglione, from Latin papiliō (“butterfly”). Compare Old French paveillon, Catalan papalló, Provençal parpalhos, Lombard parpaja. The f is difficult to account for, though it might be due to the Tuscan gorgia. Alternatively, from the dialectal Arabic word in Maltese farfett, Tunisian Arabic فرططو (farṭaṭṭu) / فرفطو (farfaṭṭu), which is from Berber; compare Kabyle…
köken: From Byzantine Greek πεταλούδα (petaloúda), of uncertain further origin. Probably from an earlier unattested *πεταλίδα (*petalída) with change of suffix to -ούδα (-oúda), from the root underlying Ancient Greek πέτᾰλον (pétălon, “leaf, petal”) + -ίδα (-ída), with possible influence from the marginally-attested πετηλίς (petilís, “locust”). Alternatively, from Ancient Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi, “to…
insect of the order Lepidoptera; butterfly, moth or skipper. · butterfly, butterfly stroke (swimming technique) · medallion, medaillon (cut of meat or fish resembling a medallion)
çekim: çoğul perhoset · tamlayan perhosen
eş: perhosuinti
köken: From perho (“butterfly; fly (in fishing)”) + -nen.
köken: Unknown. Possibly from a root *flutulus, or deverbative from flutura. Related to Albanian flutur, and possibly derived from it; alternatively, it may have a substratum root akin to it, or simply be of imitative origin. Compare also Aromanian flitur.