doge

See also: Doge

English

WOTD – 17 May 2010
Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523-1538)

Etymology 1

Noun

doge (plural doges)

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of dog

Etymology 2

From Venetian or Italian doge, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader, prince”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dəʊdʒ/, /dəʊʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /doʊdʒ/, /doʊʒ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊdʒ, -əʊʒ

Noun

doge (plural doges or dogi)

  1. (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, A History of Venice, chapter 34, 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
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:doge.
Derived terms
Translations

Finnish

Noun

doge

  1. doge

Declension

In genitive plural, non-standard dogien seems to be the most commonly used form.

Inflection of doge (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
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
instructive — dogein
abessive dogetta dogeitta
comitative — dogeineen

French

Etymology

From Venetian doge, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader, prince”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔʒ/

Noun

doge m (plural doges)

  1. 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 ! […]

References

  • Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, huitième édition, 1932-1935

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian Doxe, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader, prince”). See also the doublets duce and duca.

Noun

doge m (plural dogi)

  1. doge

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • (dogè) IPA(key): [doˈɡʲɛ]
  • (dòge) IPA(key): [ˈdoɡʲɛ]

Noun

dogè m

  1. locative singular form of dogas.

Noun

dòge m

  1. vocative singular form of dogas.

Portuguese

Noun

doge m (plural doges)

  1. (historical) doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa)

Volapük

Noun

doge

  1. dative singular of dog
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