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duchy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdʌt͡ʃi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌtʃi
  • homophone: dutchie
  • homophone: dutchy
  • CMU ARPABET: D AH1 CH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dukedom

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the domain controlled by a duke or duchess

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dukedom

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: domain, demesne, land

History

Etymology

From Middle English duche, from Anglo-Norman duché, from Old French duc, or from Medieval Latin ducātus, from Latin dux. Doublet of ducat.

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hertogdom — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Arabic: دُوقِيَّة (dūqiyya) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Aragonese: ducato — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Armenian: դքսություն (dkʻsutʻyun) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Azerbaijani: hersoqluq — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Basque: dukerri — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Belarusian: ге́рцагства (hjércahstva) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Belarusian: кня́ства (knjástva) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Breton: dugelezh — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Bulgarian: хе́рцогство (hércogstvo) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Bulgarian: кня́жество (knjážestvo) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Catalan: ducado — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Catalan: ducat — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公國 /公国 (gōngguó) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Cornish: duketh — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Czech: vévodství — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Danish: hertugdømme — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Dutch: hertogdom — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Esperanto: duklando — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Estonian: hertsogiriik — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Faroese: hertogadømi — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Finnish: herttuakunta — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • French: duché — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Friulian: ducât — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Galician: ducado — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Georgian: საჰერცოგო (sahercogo) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • German: Herzogtum — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Bavarian German: Herzogdum — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Greek: δουκάτο (doukáto) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Hungarian: hercegség — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Icelandic: hertogadæmi — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Ido: dukio — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Indonesian: kadipaten — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Italian: ducato — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Japanese: 公国 (kōkoku) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Japanese: 公爵領 (kōshakuryō) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Kalmyk: нойлг (noylg) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Kazakh: герцогтық (gersogtyq) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Kazakh: герцогтік (gersogtık) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Korean: 공국 (gongguk) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Korean: 공작령 (gongjangnyeong) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Latin: ducātus — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Latvian: hercogiste — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Lithuanian: hercogystė — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Low German: Hartogdom — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Low German: Hertogdom — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Macedonian: војводство (vojvodstvo) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Marathi: डची (ḍacī) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hertugdømme — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hertugdøme — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hertugdømme — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Occitan: ducat — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Persian: دوکنشین (duk-nešin) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Polish: księstwo — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Portuguese: ducado — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Romanian: ducat — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Russian: ге́рцогство (gércogstvo) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Russian: кня́жество (knjážestvo) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Serbo-Croatian: во̀јводство — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Serbo-Croatian: vòjvodstvo — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Sicilian: ducatu — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Slovak: vojvodstvo — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Slovene: vojvodina — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Lower Sorbian: wójwodstwo — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Upper Sorbian: wójwodstwo — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Spanish: ducado — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Swedish: hertigdöme — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Turkish: dukalık — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Turkish: düklük — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Ottoman Turkish: دوقهلق (dukalık) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Ukrainian: ге́рцогство (hércohstvo) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Ukrainian: кня́зівство (knjázivstvo) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Uzbek: gersoglik — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Venetan: dogado — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Vietnamese: công quốc — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Welsh: dugiaeth — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
  • Yiddish: הערצאָגשאַפֿט (hertsogshaft) — dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
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