duque

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese duc (“duke”), borrowed from Old French duc (“duke”), from Latin dux (“ruler”), from dūcō (“to lead”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.kɨ/

• Hyphenation: du‧que

Noun

duque m (plural duques, feminine duquesa, feminine plural duquesas)

1. duke (male ruler of a duchy)
2. (card games) deuce, two (a card with two spots)

Derived terms

• Duque de Caxias

Related terms

• ducado
• ducal

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, curinga

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French duc, from Latin dux. Doublet of dux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduke/ [ˈd̪u.ke]
• Rhymes: -uke
• Syllabification: du‧que

Noun

duque m (plural duques, feminine duquesa, feminine plural duquesas)

1. duke

Derived terms

• archiduque
• ducado
• gran duque

 

Related terms

• duquesa

 

Further reading

• “duque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014