duque

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French duc (“duke”), from Latin dux (“ruler”), from dūcō (“to lead”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

duque m (plural duques)

1. duke

   Synonyms: duplu, duquesu

Derived terms

• ducáu

References

• “duque” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese duc (“duke”), borrowed from Old French duc (“duke”), from Latin dux (“ruler”), from dūcō (“to lead”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. duke (the male ruler of a duchy)

Related terms

• ducado

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “duque”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “duque”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “duque”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “duque”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “duque”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “duque”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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-. Doublet of doge.

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, rainha	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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10