ducat

English

Etymology

From Old French ducat, from Medieval Latin ducatus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”).

Noun

Wikipedia ducat (plural ducats)

1. (historical) A gold coin minted by various European nations.
   • William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice

     Shylock: "My daughter! O my ducats! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice! the law! my ducats, and my daughter!..."

2. Money in general.
3. A dollar (and, by extension, a eurodollar).

Translations

historical gold coin

• Dutch: dukaat m
• French: ducat (fr) m
• German: Dukat (de) m
• Interlingua: ducato
• Italian: ducato (it)
• Ladino:

  Latin: dukado m

• Macedonian: дукат (mk) (dúkat) m
• Portuguese: ducado (pt) m
• Russian: дукат (ru) (dukát) m
• Spanish: ducado (es) m

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French

Etymology

From Italian ducato.

Noun

ducat m (plural ducats)

1. ducat

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Latin

Verb

dūcat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of dūcō

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Old French

Noun

ducat m (oblique plural ducatz, nominative singular ducatz, nominative plural ducat)

1. ducat (historical coin)

Descendants

• English: ducat (borrowed)
• French: ducat

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Slovene

Noun

ducat m inan.

1. dozen, 12.