name
Meaning 1
A village in Alberta, Canada.
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Standard Lemma guide
duchess
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdʌt͡ʃɪs/
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/ˈdʌt͡ʃəs/
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CMU ARPABET: D AH1 CH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The wife or widow of a duke.
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noun
Meaning 3
The female ruler of a duchy.
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verb
Meaning 4
to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
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Usage: Australia, informal
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noun
Meaning 5
the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Lady, noblewoman, peeress
Narrower terms: grand duchess
History
Etymology
From Middle English duchesse, from Old French duchesse. Doublet of duchesse.
Across languages
Translations
113 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: hertogin — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Arabic: دُوقَة (dūqa) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Armenian: դքսուհի (dkʻsuhi) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Azerbaijani: hersoginya — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Belarusian: герцагі́ня (hjercahínja) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Belarusian: княгі́ня (knjahínja) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Bulgarian: херцоги́ня (hercogínja) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Bulgarian: дуке́са (dukésa) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Catalan: duquessa — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Chinese Mandarin: 公爵夫人 (gōngjué fūrén) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Czech: vévodkyně — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Danish: hertuginde — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Dutch: hertogin — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Esperanto: dukino — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Estonian: hertsoginna — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Faroese: hertugafrú — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Finnish: herttuatar — female spouse or widow of a duke
- French: duchesse — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Galician: duquesa — female spouse or widow of a duke
- German: Herzogin — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Greek: δούκισσα (doúkissa) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Hawaiian: duke wahine — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Hindi: डचेस (ḍaces) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Hungarian: hercegné — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Icelandic: hertogaynja — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Indonesian: istri adipati — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Irish: bandiúc — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Italian: duchessa — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Japanese: 公爵夫人 (kōshaku fujin) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Korean: 공작부인 (gongjakbu'in) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Latvian: hercogiene — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Lithuanian: hercogienė — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Macedonian: војвотка (vojvotka) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Manx: bendiuic — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Māori: tutahe — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Marathi: डचेस (ḍaces) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Norman: duchêsse — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Norwegian Bokmål: hertuginne — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hertuginne — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Occitan: duquessa — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Iranian Persian: دوشِس (dušes) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Polish: księżna — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Portuguese: duquesa — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Romanian: ducesă — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Russian: герцоги́ня (gercogínja) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Russian: княги́ня (knjagínja) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Scottish Gaelic: ban-diùc — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Serbo-Croatian: во̀јвоткиња — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Serbo-Croatian: vòjvotkinja — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Slovak: vojvodkyňa — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Slovene: vojvodinja — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Spanish: duquesa — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Swedish: hertiginna — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Tagalog: dukesa — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Thai: ดัชเชส (dát-chés) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Turkish: düşes — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Ottoman Turkish: دوقسّه (dukessa) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Ukrainian: герцоги́ня (hercohýnja) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Ukrainian: княги́ня (knjahýnja) — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Uzbek: gersoginya — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Volapük: dük — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Volapük: hidük — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Volapük: jidük — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Welsh: duges — female spouse or widow of a duke
- Afrikaans: hertogin — female ruler of a duchy
- Armenian: դքսուհի (dkʻsuhi) — female ruler of a duchy
- Belarusian: герцагі́ня (hjercahínja) — female ruler of a duchy
- Belarusian: княгі́ня (knjahínja) — female ruler of a duchy
- Bulgarian: херцоги́ня (hercogínja) — female ruler of a duchy
- Bulgarian: дуке́са (dukésa) — female ruler of a duchy
- Catalan: duquessa — female ruler of a duchy
- Chinese Mandarin: 女伯爵 — female ruler of a duchy
- Czech: vévodkyně — female ruler of a duchy
- Dutch: hertogin — female ruler of a duchy
- Finnish: herttuatar — female ruler of a duchy
- French: duchesse — female ruler of a duchy
- Galician: duquesa — female ruler of a duchy
- German: Herzogin — female ruler of a duchy
- Greek: δούκισσα (doúkissa) — female ruler of a duchy
- Hawaiian: duke wahine — female ruler of a duchy
- Hindi: डचेस (ḍaces) — female ruler of a duchy
- Hungarian: hercegnő — female ruler of a duchy
- Icelandic: hertogaynja — female ruler of a duchy
- Indonesian: adipati perempuan — female ruler of a duchy
- Irish: bandiúc — female ruler of a duchy
- Korean: 여공작 (yeogongjak) — female ruler of a duchy
- Korean: 녀공작 (nyeogongjak) — female ruler of a duchy
- Latvian: hercogiene — female ruler of a duchy
- Lithuanian: hercogė — female ruler of a duchy
- Macedonian: војвотка (vojvotka) — female ruler of a duchy
- Manx: bendiuic — female ruler of a duchy
- Marathi: डचेस (ḍaces) — female ruler of a duchy
- Norman: duchêsse — female ruler of a duchy
- Iranian Persian: دوشِس (dušes) — female ruler of a duchy
- Polish: księżna — female ruler of a duchy
- Portuguese: duquesa — female ruler of a duchy
- Russian: герцоги́ня (gercogínja) — female ruler of a duchy
- Russian: княги́ня (knjagínja) — female ruler of a duchy
- Scottish Gaelic: ban-diùc — female ruler of a duchy
- Serbo-Croatian: во̀јвоткиња — female ruler of a duchy
- Serbo-Croatian: vòjvotkinja — female ruler of a duchy
- Slovak: vojvodkyňa — female ruler of a duchy
- Slovene: vojvodinja — female ruler of a duchy
- Spanish: duquesa — female ruler of a duchy
- Swedish: hertiginna — female ruler of a duchy
- Thai: ดัชเชส (dát-chés) — female ruler of a duchy
- Turkish: düşes — female ruler of a duchy
- Ukrainian: герцоги́ня (hercohýnja) — female ruler of a duchy
- Ukrainian: княги́ня (knjahýnja) — female ruler of a duchy
- Volapük: dük — female ruler of a duchy
- Volapük: hidük — female ruler of a duchy
- Volapük: jidük — female ruler of a duchy
- Welsh: duges — female ruler of a duchy
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