duc

Alternative forms

• ducu

Etymology

From Latin ducō. Compare Daco-Romanian duce, duc.

Verb

duc (third-person singular present indicative dutsi/dutse, past participle dusã)

1. I carry.
2. (reflexive, mi-duc) I go.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈduk/

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Further reading

• “duc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Middle French duc, from Old French duc, borrowed from Latin dux, ducem, from dūcō, dūcere (“lead, guide”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyk/

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Noun

duc m (plural ducs)

1. duke (nobleman)

Further reading

• “duc” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

See dut.

Pronoun

duc

1. all; everybody, everyone

Verb

dūc

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dūco

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French duc.

Noun

duc (plural ducs)

1. duke (nobleman)

Etymology

From Old French duc.

Noun

duc m (plural ducs)

1. duke (nobleman)

Etymology

From Old French duc, borrowed from Latin dux, ducem, from dūcō, dūcere (“lead, guide”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.

Noun

duc m (plural ducs)

1. (Jersey) duke

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dux, ducem.

Noun

duc m (oblique plural dus, nominative singular dus, nominative plural duc)

1. duke (nobleman)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dux, ducem.

Noun

duc m (oblique plural ducs, nominative singular ducs, nominative plural duc)

1. duke (nobleman)

Verb

duc

1. first-person singular present indicative of duce.
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of duce.
3. third-person plural present indicative of duce.