grand duke

English

Alternative forms

• grand-duke, grandduke

Etymology

From grand +‎ duke, after Middle French and French grand duc / grand-duc, itself after titles in other languages, especially Italian granduca, German Großherzog, and Russian вели́кий князь (velíkij knjazʹ). Doublet of grand-duc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

grand duke (plural grand dukes)

1. Ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.
2. Son, daughter, or grandchild of a czar (emperor) of the Russian Empire. (A more literal translation of the Russian is grand prince.)

Translations

ruler or monarch of a grand duchy

• Arabic: غْرَانْدُوق m (ḡrāndūq)
• Catalan: gran duc m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太公 (zh) (tàigōng)

• Czech: velkovévoda m
• Danish: storhertug c (Luxembourg, German states and Western Europe), storfyrste c (Lithuania, Moscow and tsarist Finland)
• Dutch: groothertog (nl) m
• Esperanto: grandduko
• Finnish: suurherttua
• French: grand-duc (fr) m
• Georgian: ერისმთავარი (erismtavari), დიდი მთავარი (didi mtavari)
• German: Großherzog (de) m
• Hungarian: nagyherceg (hu)
• Icelandic: stórhertogi m
• Indonesian: adipati agung, haryapatih
• Irish: ard-diúc. m
• Italian: granduca (it) m
• Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា m (sɑmdach chav pnyie), លោកអ្នកឧកញ៉ា (lok neak ok nha)
• Latvian: lielhercogs m
• Old Ruthenian: вели́кий князь (velíkij knjazʹ)
• Persian: گراندوک (gerânduk)
• Polish: wielki książę m
• Portuguese: grão-duque m
• Russian: вели́кий ге́рцог m (velíkij gércog), эрцге́рцог (ru) m (ercgércog)
• Spanish: gran duque
• Swedish: storhertig (sv) c
• Thai: แกรนด์ดุ๊ก, แกรนด์ดยุก
• Turkish: granduka (tr), grandük (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: غراندوقه (granduka)

son or grandson of a czar

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: velkokníže m
• Danish: storfyrste c
• Finnish: suurherttua
• French: grand-duc (fr) m
• German: Großfürst m
• Icelandic: stórfursti m
• Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា (som dach chao pnhea)
• Russian: вели́кий князь (ru) m (velíkij knjazʹ)
• Spanish: gran duque m
• Swedish: storfurste c
• Thai: แกรนด์ดุ๊ก, แกรนด์ดยุก

See also

• czar
• duchess
• duke
• emperor
• grand duchess
• imperial
• prince
• princess
• royal