Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin dūcere. The inherited form survived in the suffix -durre. See also dotto.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.t͡ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -utʃere
  • Hyphenation: dù‧ce‧re

Verb edit

dùcere (first-person singular present dùco, first-person singular past historic dùssi, past participle dótto, first-person singular future durrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive, obsolete, rare)

  1. to lead, guide, drive
    Synonyms: condurre, guidare
  2. (figurative) to mold, temper
    Synonyms: modellare, plasmare
    • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XIII, page 234, lines 67–69:
      La cera di costoro e chi la duce ¶ non sta d'un modo; e però sotto 'l segno ¶ idëale poi più e men traluce.
      Neither their wax, nor that which tempers it, ¶ remains immutable, and hence beneath ¶ the ideal signet more and less shines through.

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Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dūcere

  1. present active infinitive of dūcō (to lead, to guide)
  2. second-person singular present passive imperative of dūcō (be thou led, be thou guided)

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From duce +‎ -re.

Noun edit

ducere f (plural duceri)

  1. going
  2. leaving, departure
    Synonym: plecare

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