ducat

See also: ducât and dūcat

English

Etymology

From Middle French, late Old French ducat, from Old Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducatus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”). Doublet of duchy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌkət/

Noun

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. (informal) A dollar.
4. (informal) A euro.

Translations

historical gold coin

• Catalan: ducat (ca) m
• Czech: dukát (cs) m
• Dutch: dukaat (nl) m
• Finnish: dukaatti
• French: ducat (fr) m
• German: Dukat m
• Interlingua: ducato

• Italian: ducato (it)
• Ladino:

  Latin: dukado m

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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ducat m (plural ducats)

1. duchy

Derived terms

• gran ducat

Related terms

• duc

Further reading

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

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from late Old French, borrowed from Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducātus, from dux (“duke; leader”). Compare also duché.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.ka/

Noun

ducat m (plural ducats)

1. (numismatics) ducat

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

dūcat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of dūcō

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Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. ducat (historical coin)

Descendants

• → English: ducat
• French: ducat

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dùːt͡sat/, /dúːt͡sat/

Noun

dūcat m inan

1. dozen, 12

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	dūcat
gen. sing.	dūcata
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dūcat	dūcata	dūcati
accusative	dūcat	dūcata	dūcate
genitive	dūcata	dūcatov	dūcatov
dative	dūcatu	dūcatoma	dūcatom
locative	dūcatu	dūcatih	dūcatih
instrumental	dūcatom	dūcatoma	dūcati