duc

• ducu

From Latin ducō. Compare Romanian duce, duc.

duc (third-person singular present indicative dutsi/dutse, past participle dusã)

1. I carry.
2. (reflexive, mi-duc) I go.

• dutsiri/dutsire
• dus
• dushã
• aduc

• portu
• nergu

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈduk/

Borrowed from Old French duc, from Latin dux (“leader”).

duc m (plural ducs, feminine duquessa)

1. duke (ruler of a duchy)

• ducat

Onomatopoeic, influenced by the noble title due to large size of members of this species.

duc m (plural ducs)

1. the Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo

   Synonyms: gran duc, brúfol, gaús

• duc blanc

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

duc

1. first-person singular present indicative form of dur

• “duc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Inherited from Middle French duc, from Old French duc, borrowed from Latin ducem (“duke, commander”), from dūcere (“to lead”).

• IPA^(key): /dyk/

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• Rhymes: -yk

duc m (plural ducs)

1. duke (nobleman)

• → Arabic: دُوق‎ (dūq)
• → Persian: دوک‎ (duk)
• → Turkish: dük

• “duc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

See dut.

duc

1. all; everybody, everyone

dūc

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dūcō

duc

1. Alternative form of duk (“duke”)

From Old French duc, from Latin dux.

duc m (plural ducs)

1. duke (nobleman)

• French: duc

From Old French duc, borrowed from Latin dux, ducem, from dūcō, dūcere (“lead, guide”).

duc m (plural ducs)

1. (Jersey) duke

   Coordinate term: duchêsse

From Old Occitan duc, from Latin dux.

• IPA^(key): /dyk/

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duc m (plural ducs, feminine duquessa, feminine plural duquessas)

1. duke

Learned borrowing from Latin dux, ducem.

duc m (oblique plural dus, nominative singular dus, nominative plural duc)

1. duke (nobleman)

• Middle French: duc
  • French: duc
• Norman: du, duc (Jersey)
• → Catalan: duc
• → Middle English: duk, deuk, dewke, doc, douk, doyk, duc, duck, dug, duke, dux, duyk, dwk
  • English: duke
  • Scots: duik, duke
  • → Breton: duk
  • → Cornish: duk
  • → Irish: diúc
  • → Manx: duic
  • → Scottish Gaelic: diùc
  • → Welsh: dug
• → Portuguese: duque
• → Spanish: duque

Learned borrowing from Latin dux, ducem.

duc m (oblique plural ducs, nominative singular ducs, nominative plural duc)

1. duke (nobleman)

• Occitan: duc

duc

1. inflection of duce:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative