grand duke

English

Etymology

Old French grant duc, from Latin grandis + dux, from the verb duco (“to lead”).

Noun

grand duke (plural grand dukes)

1. Ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.
2. Son or grandson of a czar (emperor) of the Russian Empire. (A more literal translation of the Russian would be "grand prince".)

Translations

ruler or monarch of a grand duchy

• Czech: velkovévoda (cs) m
• Esperanto: grandduko (eo)
• Finnish: suurherttua (fi)
• German: Großherzog (de)
• Icelandic: stórhertogi (is) m
• Indonesian: adipati agung (id), haryapatih (id)
• Italian: granduca (it) m

• Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា (km) (sɑmdach chav pnyie) m, លោកអ្នកឧកញ៉ា (km) (lok neak ok nha)
• Latvian: lielhercogs (lv) m
• Portuguese: grão-duque (pt) m
• Russian: великий герцог (ru) (velíkij gércog) m, эрцгерцог (ru) (ercgércog) m
• Spanish: gran duque (es)

son or grandson of a czar

• German: Großfürst (de) m
• Icelandic: stórfursti (is) m
• Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា (km) (som dach chao pnhea)

• Russian: великий князь (ru) (velíkij knjaz’) m
• Spanish: gran duque (es) m
• Swedish: storfurste (sv) c

See also

czar duchess duke emperor grand duchess

imperial prince princess royal