grand duke

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French grant duc, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin grandis + dux, from the verb duco (“to lead”).

Alternative forms

grand-duke, grandduke

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

• 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)
• German: Großherzog (de) m
• Hungarian: nagyherceg (hu)
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• Icelandic: stórhertogi m
• Indonesian: adipati agung, haryapatih
• Italian: granduca (it) m
• Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា m (sɑmdach chav pnyie), លោកអ្នកឧកញ៉ា (lok neak ok nha)
• Latvian: lielhercogs m
• 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

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
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• 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