duchy

English

Etymology

From Middle English duche, from Anglo-Norman duché, from Old French duc, or from Medieval Latin ducātus, from Latin dux. Doublet of ducat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌt͡ʃi/

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• Rhymes: -ʌtʃi
• Homophones: dutchie, dutchy

Noun

duchy (plural duchies)

1. A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.

Usage notes

A grand duchy may be a self-governing state. A simple duchy tends to be a part of a larger kingdom or empire.

Synonyms

• dukedom

Hyponyms

• duchessdom

Derived terms

• grand duchy
• stem duchy

Related terms

• ducal
• duchess
• duke
• dukedom

 

Translations

dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess

• Afrikaans: hertogdom
• Arabic: دُوقِيَّة f (dūqiyya)
• Aragonese: ducato m
• Armenian: դքսություն (hy) (dkʻsutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: hersoqluq
• Basque: dukerri
• Bavarian: Herzogdum
• Belarusian: ге́рцагства n (hjércahstva), кня́ства n (knjástva)
• Breton: dugelezh f
• Bulgarian: хе́рцогство n (hércogstvo), кня́жество n (knjážestvo)
• Catalan: ducado (ca), ducat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公國／公国 (zh) (gōngguó)

• Czech: vévodství (cs) n
• Danish: hertugdømme n
• Dutch: hertogdom (nl) n
• Esperanto: duklando
• Estonian: hertsogiriik
• Faroese: hertogadømi n
• Finnish: herttuakunta (fi)
• French: duché (fr) m
• Friulian: ducât m
• Galician: ducado m
• Georgian: საჰერცოგო (sahercogo)
• German: Herzogtum (de) n
• Greek: δουκάτο (el) n (doukáto)
• Hungarian: hercegség (hu)
• Icelandic: hertogadæmi n
• Ido: dukio (io)
• Indonesian: kadipaten (id)
• Italian: ducato (it) m
• Japanese: 公国 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku), 公爵領 (こうしゃくりょう, kōshakuryō)
• Kalmyk: нойлг (noylg)
• Kazakh: герцогтық (gersogtyq), герцогтік (gersogtık)
• Khmer: ^{(please verify)} អ្នកឧកញ៉ាណាខេត្ត (neak oknyaa naa kʰaet), ^{(please verify)} ចៅពញាណាខេត្ត (chav pnyie naa kʰaet)
• Korean: 공국(公國) (ko) (gongguk), 공작령(公爵領) (gongjangnyeong)
• Latin: ducātus (la) m
• Latvian: hercogiste f
• Lithuanian: hercogystė f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: hartogdom n, hertogdom n

  German Low German: Hartogdom n, Hertogdom n

• Macedonian: војводство n (vojvodstvo)
• Marathi: डची f (ḍacī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hertugdømme n

  Nynorsk: hertugdøme n, hertugdømme n

• Occitan: ducat m
• Ottoman Turkish: دوقه‌لق (dukalık)
• Persian: دوک‌نشین (duk-nešin)
• Polish: księstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: ducado (pt)
• Romanian: ducat (ro) n
• Russian: ге́рцогство (ru) n (gércogstvo), кня́жество (ru) n (knjážestvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: во̀јводство n

  Roman: vòjvodstvo (sh) n

• Sicilian: ducatu m
• Slovak: vojvodstvo n
• Slovene: vojvodina (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wójwodstwo n

  Upper Sorbian: wójwodstwo n

• Spanish: ducado (es) m
• Swedish: hertigdöme (sv) n
• Turkish: dukalık (tr), düklük (tr)
• Ukrainian: ге́рцогство n (hércohstvo), кня́зівство n (knjázivstvo)
• Uzbek: gersoglik (uz)
• Venetian: dogado (vec) m
• Vietnamese: công quốc (vi)
• Welsh: dugiaeth
• Yiddish: הערצאָגשאַפֿט (hertsogshaft)

See also

• barony
• bishopric
• county
• kingdom
• march
• margravate
• margraviate
• marquesate
• marquessate
• marquisate
• nobility
• parish
• principality
• regality
• royalty
• shire
• viscountcy
• viscounty

 

Anagrams

• Chudy

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.xɨ/
• Rhymes: -uxɨ
• Syllabification: du‧chy

Noun

duchy m animal

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of duch