doge
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Venetian Doxe or Italian doge, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader, prince”). Doublet of duc, duke, and dux.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /dəʊdʒ/, /dəʊʒ/, /ˈdəʊ.dʒeɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /doʊd͡ʒ/, /doʊʒ/, /ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒeɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -əʊdʒ, -əʊʒ, -əʊdʒeɪ
Noun edit
- (historical) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
- 1797, John Adams, A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States, page 62:
- In the thirteenth century, a new method of appointing the doge, by the famous ballot of Venice, a complicated mixture of choice and chance, was adopted.
- 1982, John Julius Norwich, chapter 34, in A History of Venice, page 346:
- This reply was one of the first important pronouncements to be made by Antonio Grimani, who on 6 July had been elected seventy-fourth Doge of Venice in succession to Leonardo Loredan.
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:doge.
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Related terms edit
Translations edit
chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
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Etymology 2 edit
From dog. First attested in the 2005 episode Biz Cas Fri 1 from Homestar Runner.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /dəʊdʒ/, /dəʊʒ/, /dəʊɡ/, (also) /ˈdɒɡi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /doʊdʒ/, /doʊʒ/, /doʊɡ/, (also) /ˈdɑɡi/
- Rhymes: -əʊdʒ, -əʊʒ, -əʊɡ, -ɒɡi
Noun edit
doge (plural doges)
- (Internet slang, humorous) A dog.
- (Internet slang, humorous) Specifically, a Shiba Inu, as in the doge meme.
- 2015 July 23, Dave Lee, “Six times Reddit wasn't completely awful”, in BBC[2]:
- Bobsled wasn't the only Dogecoin-backed sporting success. Fans of Nascar will recognise the car driven by Josh Wise, emblazoned, as it is, with the adorable little doge on its bonnet (pictured above).
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Further reading edit
- doge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- doge (meme) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- ^ Mike and Matt Chapman (2005 June 24) “Biz Cas Fri 1”, in Homestar Runner[1]: “Homestar Runner: Rondleman, you crack me up. Crack! Me! Up! That's why you're my D-O-G-E! / Strong Bad: Your doge?! What are you talking about? I'm Strong Bad! Rondleman works in Regional Shipping Management Resources.”
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doge
Declension edit
In genitive plural, non-standard dogien seems to be the most commonly used form.
Inflection of doge (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | doge | doget | ||
genitive | dogen | dogejen | ||
partitive | dogea | dogeja | ||
illative | dogeen | dogeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | doge | doget | ||
accusative | nom. | doge | doget | |
gen. | dogen | |||
genitive | dogen | dogejen dogeinrare | ||
partitive | dogea | dogeja | ||
inessive | dogessa | dogeissa | ||
elative | dogesta | dogeista | ||
illative | dogeen | dogeihin | ||
adessive | dogella | dogeilla | ||
ablative | dogelta | dogeilta | ||
allative | dogelle | dogeille | ||
essive | dogena | dogeina | ||
translative | dogeksi | dogeiksi | ||
abessive | dogetta | dogeitta | ||
instructive | — | dogein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian doge or directly from Venetian Doxe, from Latin ducem (“leader, prince”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
doge m (plural doges)
- doge
- 1833, Julie de Quérangal, Philippe de Morvelle, Revue des Deux Mondes, T.2,4
- Non pas, non pas, cria-t-on de tous côtés ; il y a encore Venise. - Venise la reine des mers ! - Le lion de Saint-Marc ! - Le Bucentaure ! - Le doge ! - Quel homme qu’un doge ! […]
- "No, no," we cried from both sides; "there is still Venice. Venice the queen of the seas! The lion of St Mark! The Bucintoro! The doge! What a man is a doge!"
- 1833, Julie de Quérangal, Philippe de Morvelle, Revue des Deux Mondes, T.2,4
References edit
- Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, huitième édition, 1932-1935
Further reading edit
- “doge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Venetian Doxe, from Latin ducem (“leader, prince”). See also the likewise borrowed doublets duce and duca.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
doge m (plural dogi)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ doge in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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Lithuanian edit
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dogè m
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dòge m
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Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: do‧ge
Noun edit
doge m (plural doges)
- (historical) doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa)
Romanian edit
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doge m (plural dogi)
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