duque
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese duc (“duke”), borrowed from Old French duc (“duke”), from Latin dux (“ruler”), from dūcō (“to lead”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: du‧que
NounEdit
duque m (plural duques, feminine duquesa, feminine plural duquesas)
- duke (male ruler of a duchy)
- (card games) deuce, two (a card with two spots)
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| Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text) | ||||||
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old French duc, from Latin dux. Doublet of dux.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
duque m (plural duques, feminine duquesa, feminine plural duquesas)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “duque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014