ducat
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French ducat, late Old French ducat, from Old Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducatus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”). Doublet of duchy.
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ducat (plural ducats)
- (historical) A gold coin minted by various European nations.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene viii]:
- Shylock: "My daughter! O my ducats! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice! the law! my ducats, and my daughter!..."
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 166:
- But when the innkeeper saw what kind of goat the lad had, he thought this was a goat worth having, so when the lad had fallen asleep, he took another goat which couldn't make any golden ducats, and put that in its place.
- (informal) A coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general.
- (US, theater, transport, slang) A ticket.
- 1972 [1931], Dashiell Hammett, “IV. The Dog House”, in The Glass Key, Vintage Books, page 73:
- Ned Beaumont said, "Well, I've got a ducat that reads to there, anyway.
- 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 88:
- Customers are usually enticed in with a "ducat", or pass for one free dance.
- 1949 June 11, Billboard:
- […] the lines at the box office since ducats went on sale publicly Wednesday […]
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Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ducat m (plural ducats)
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Further reading edit
- “ducat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French, from late Old French, borrowed from Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducātus, from dux (“duke; leader”). Compare also duché.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ducat m (plural ducats)
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: düka
Further reading edit
- “ducat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
dūcat
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
ducat m (plural ducats)
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Further reading edit
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 252.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Late Old French. From Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducatus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”).
Noun edit
ducat oblique singular, m (oblique plural ducaz or ducatz, nominative singular ducaz or ducatz, nominative plural ducat)
- ducat (historical coin)
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian ducato. By surface analysis, duce + -at.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ducat m (plural ducate)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- ducat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dūcat m inan
- dozen, 12
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | dūcat | ||
gen. sing. | dūcata | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
dūcat | dūcata | dūcati |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
dūcata | dūcatov | dūcatov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
dūcatu | dūcatoma | dūcatom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
dūcat | dūcata | dūcate |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
dūcatu | dūcatih | dūcatih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
dūcatom | dūcatoma | dūcati |
Further reading edit
- “ducat”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “ducat”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references