Il Duce

English

Alternative forms

• Duce

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian il Duce (literally “the Leader”), from duce (“commander, leader”), from Latin dux, accusative ducem (“leader”), from the nomen agentis form of Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to lead”). Doublet of duke.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /iːl ˈduːtʃeɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /il ˈdutʃeɪ/
• Rhymes: -uːtʃeɪ

Proper noun

Il Duce

1. (historical) The title which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini assumed during his rule (1922—1945).

Coordinate terms

• Führer

Translations

title assumed by Mussolini

• Arabic: الْدُوتْشِي m (al-dūtše)
• Azerbaijani: duçe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法西斯領袖／法西斯领袖 (fǎxīsī lǐngxiù)

• Estonian: Duce (et)
• French: le Duce (fr) m
• Georgian: დუჩე (duče)
• German: der Duce (de) m
• Greek: ο Ντούτσε (el) m (o Ntoútse)
• Italian: il Duce (it) m, il Duce del Fascismo m
• Japanese: ドゥーチェ (Dūche), 統帥 (ja)
• Korean: 두체 (Duche)
• Latin: Dux (la) m
• Lithuanian: dučė m
• Polish: duce (pl) m
• Russian: ду́че (ru) m (dúče)

Anagrams

• Dulcie, Euclid