archduke

English

Etymology

From Middle French archeduc (modern French archiduc), from Latin archidux. Equivalent to arch- +‎ duke.

Pronunciation

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Noun

archduke (plural archdukes)

1. (historical) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

   World War I traditionally started with the assassination of Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand.

2. (historical) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.

Derived terms

• archdukedom

Related terms

• archduchess
• duke
• emperor
• grand duke
• imperial
• noble
• prince
• royal

Translations

rank

• Afrikaans: aartsherog
• Arabic: أَرْشِيدُوق m (ʔaršīdūq)
• Armenian: արքիդուքս (arkʻidukʻs), էրցհերցոգ (hy) (ērcʻhercʻog)
• Catalan: arxiduc (ca) m
• Czech: arcivévoda (cs) m
• Danish: ærkehertug c
• Dutch: aartshertog (nl)
• Esperanto: arkiduko, ĉefduko
• Finnish: arkkiherttua (fi)
• French: archiduc (fr) m
• Galician: arquiduque m
• Georgian: ერისთავთ-ერისთავი (eristavt-eristavi)
• German: Erzherzog (de) m
• Greek: αρχιδούκας (el) m (archidoúkas)
• Hungarian: főherceg (hu)
• Icelandic: erkihertogi m
• Ido: arkiduko (io)
• Indonesian: adipati utama
• Irish: ard-diúc m
• Italian: arciduca (it)
• Japanese: 大公 (ja) (たいこう, taikō)
• Khmer: សម្ដេចព្រះបរមរាជឱរសាធិរាជ (sɑmdach preah bɑrom riech aorɑh a’tʰi’riech)
• Latin: archidux m
• Latvian: erchercogs m
• Macedonian: надвојвода m (nadvojvoda)
• Papiamentu: archiduke
• Persian: آرشیدوک (âršiduk)
• Polish: arcyksiążę (pl) m
• Portuguese: arquiduque (pt)
• Russian: эрцге́рцог (ru) m (ercgércog)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: на̏двојвода m

  Roman: nȁdvojvoda (sh) m

• Spanish: archiduque (es) m
• Swedish: ärkehertig (sv)
• Tagalog: artsiduke
• Thai: อาร์ชดุ๊ก, อาร์ชดยุก
• Turkish: arşidük (tr), arşiduka
• Volapük: daledük (vo) (male or female), hidaledük (male)
• Welsh: arch-ddug m