ducat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
ducat (plural ducats)
- (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!..."
- William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice
- Money in general.
- A dollar (and, by extension, a euro).
Translations[edit]
historical gold coin
Catalan[edit]
Noun[edit]
ducat m (plural ducats)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French, from late Old French [Term?], borrowed from Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducātus, from dux (“duke; leader”). Compare also duché.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ducat m (plural ducats)
- (numismatics) ducat
Further reading[edit]
- “ducat” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
dūcat
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Late Old French. From Old Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducatus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”).
Noun[edit]
ducat m (oblique plural ducaz or ducatz, nominative singular ducaz or ducatz, nominative plural ducat)
- ducat (historical coin)
Descendants[edit]
Slovene[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈdùːtsat/, /ˈdúːtsat/
- Tonal orthography: dúcat, dȗcat
Noun[edit]
dúcat m inan (genitive dúcata, nominative plural dúcati)
- dozen, 12.
Declension[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from the PIE root *dewk-
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Old Italian
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Money
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Italian
- French terms derived from Medieval Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Money
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms
- Old French terms derived from Old Italian
- Old French terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- Slovene 2-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene nouns
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene masculine inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns
- sl:Historical numbers