duke

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• /duːk/
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• /dʒuːk/ yod-coalescence
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• /djuːk/ non-yod-coalescence
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• /duːk/ yod-dropping
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From Old French duc, through Middle English duk, duke, from Latin dux, ducis. Displaced native Old English heretoga. Was present as duc in late Old English, from the same Latin source. Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and dux. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-, which is also the source of the second component in German Herzog. The “fist” sense is thought to be Cockney rhyming slang where “Duke(s) of York” = fork. Fork is itself Cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hertog — male ruler of a duchy
• Albanian: dukë — male ruler of a duchy
• Arabic: دُوق (dūq) — male ruler of a duchy
• Armenian: դուքս (dukʻs) — male ruler of a duchy
• Armenian: հերցոգ (hercʻog) — male ruler of a duchy
• Azerbaijani: hersoq — male ruler of a duchy
• Azerbaijani: knyaz — male ruler of a duchy
• Belarusian: ге́рцаг (hjércah) — male ruler of a duchy
• Belarusian: князь (knjazʹ) — male ruler of a duchy
• Belarusian: ваяво́да (vajavóda) — male ruler of a duchy
• Bengali: ডিউক (ḍiuk) — male ruler of a duchy
• Bulgarian: хе́рцог (hércog) — male ruler of a duchy
• Bulgarian: дук (duk) — male ruler of a duchy
• Bulgarian: войво́да (vojvóda) — male ruler of a duchy
• Catalan: duc — male ruler of a duchy
• Chinese Cantonese: 公爵 (gung1 zoek3) — male ruler of a duchy
• Chinese Mandarin: 公爵 (gōngjué) — male ruler of a duchy
• Czech: vévoda — male ruler of a duchy
• Dalmatian: ducat — male ruler of a duchy
• Danish: hertug — male ruler of a duchy
• Dutch: hertog — male ruler of a duchy
• Esperanto: duko — male ruler of a duchy
• Estonian: hertsog — male ruler of a duchy
• Faroese: hertogi — male ruler of a duchy
• Finnish: herttua — male ruler of a duchy
• French: duc — male ruler of a duchy
• Middle French: duc — male ruler of a duchy
• Old French: duc — male ruler of a duchy
• West-Frisian: hartoch — male ruler of a duchy
• Galician: duque — male ruler of a duchy
• Georgian: ჰერცოგი ერისთავი (hercogi) — male ruler of a duchy
• German: Herzog — male ruler of a duchy
• Greek: δούκας (doúkas) — male ruler of a duchy
• Ancient Greek: δούξ (doúx) — male ruler of a duchy
• Hawaiian: duke — male ruler of a duchy
• Hebrew: דוכס — male ruler of a duchy
• Hebrew: דֻּכָּס (dukás) — male ruler of a duchy
• Hindi: शासक (śāsak) — male ruler of a duchy
• Hindi: ड्यूक (ḍyūk) — male ruler of a duchy
• Hungarian: herceg — male ruler of a duchy
• Icelandic: hertogi — male ruler of a duchy
• Indonesian: adipati — male ruler of a duchy
• Irish: diúc — male ruler of a duchy
• Italian: duca — male ruler of a duchy
• Japanese: 公爵 (kōshaku) — male ruler of a duchy
• Kazakh: кінәз (kınäz) — male ruler of a duchy
• Kazakh: герцог (gersog) — male ruler of a duchy
• Khmer: ចៅពញា (caw pñiə) — male ruler of a duchy
• Khmer: អ្នកឧកញ៉ា (nĕək ʼokñaa) — male ruler of a duchy
• Korean: 공작 (gongjak) — male ruler of a duchy
• Kyrgyz: герцог (gertsog) — male ruler of a duchy
• Kyrgyz: князь (knyaz) — male ruler of a duchy
• Latgalian: gercogs — male ruler of a duchy
• Latin: dux — male ruler of a duchy
• Latvian: hercogs — male ruler of a duchy
• Limburgish: hertog — male ruler of a duchy
• Lithuanian: hercogas — male ruler of a duchy
• Macedonian: војвода (vojvoda) — male ruler of a duchy
• Malay: demang — male ruler of a duchy
• Malay: adipati — male ruler of a duchy
• Manchu: ᡤᡠᠩ (gung) — male ruler of a duchy
• Manx: duic — male ruler of a duchy
• Māori: tiuka — male ruler of a duchy
• Marathi: ड्यूक (ḍyūk) — male ruler of a duchy
• Mongolian: гүн (gün) — male ruler of a duchy
• Mongolian: ᠭᠦ᠋ᠩ (güng) — male ruler of a duchy
• Norman: duc — male ruler of a duchy
• Norwegian Bokmål: hertug — male ruler of a duchy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hertug — male ruler of a duchy
• Occitan: duc — male ruler of a duchy
• Old Occitan: duc — male ruler of a duchy
• Old English: ealdorman — male ruler of a duchy
• Old English: eorl — male ruler of a duchy
• Old English: heretoga — male ruler of a duchy
• Pashto: ډیوک (ḍyuk) — male ruler of a duchy
• Iranian Persian: دوک (duk) — male ruler of a duchy
• Polish: książę — male ruler of a duchy
• Polish: wojewoda — male ruler of a duchy
• Portuguese: duque — male ruler of a duchy
• Romanian: duce — male ruler of a duchy
• Russian: ге́рцог (gércog) — male ruler of a duchy
• Russian: князь (knjazʹ) — male ruler of a duchy
• Russian: воево́да (vojevóda) — male ruler of a duchy
• Scottish Gaelic: diùc — male ruler of a duchy
• Serbo-Croatian: во̀јвода — male ruler of a duchy
• Serbo-Croatian: vòjvoda — male ruler of a duchy
• Slovak: vojvoda — male ruler of a duchy
• Slovene: vojvoda — male ruler of a duchy
• Lower Sorbian: wójwoda — male ruler of a duchy
• Spanish: duque — male ruler of a duchy
• Swedish: hertig — male ruler of a duchy
• Tagalog: duke — male ruler of a duchy
• Tajik: гертсог (gertsog) — male ruler of a duchy
• Thai: ดุ๊ก (dúk) — male ruler of a duchy
• Thai: ดยุก (dà-yúk) — male ruler of a duchy
• Turkish: dük — male ruler of a duchy
• Turkish: duka — male ruler of a duchy
• Ottoman Turkish: دوقه (duka) — male ruler of a duchy
• Turkmen: gersog — male ruler of a duchy
• Ukrainian: ге́рцог (hércoh) — male ruler of a duchy
• Ukrainian: князь (knjazʹ) — male ruler of a duchy
• Ukrainian: воєво́да (vojevóda) — male ruler of a duchy
• Urdu: ڈْیُوک (ḍyūk) — male ruler of a duchy
• Uyghur: كىنەز (kinez) — male ruler of a duchy
• Uzbek: gersog — male ruler of a duchy
• Uzbek: knyaz — male ruler of a duchy
• Vietnamese: công tước — male ruler of a duchy
• Volapük: dük — male ruler of a duchy
• Volapük: hidük — male ruler of a duchy
• Volapük: jidük — male ruler of a duchy
• Walloon: duk — male ruler of a duchy
• Yiddish: הערצאָג (hertsog) — male ruler of a duchy
• Azerbaijani: hersoq — male holder of a dukedom
• Azerbaijani: knyaz — male holder of a dukedom
• Bulgarian: хе́рцог (hércog) — male holder of a dukedom
• Bulgarian: дук (duk) — male holder of a dukedom
• Catalan: duc — male holder of a dukedom
• Czech: vévoda — male holder of a dukedom
• Danish: hertug — male holder of a dukedom
• Faroese: hertogi — male holder of a dukedom
• Finnish: herttua — male holder of a dukedom
• Greek: δούκας (doúkas) — male holder of a dukedom
• Ancient Greek: δούξ (doúx) — male holder of a dukedom
• Hawaiian: duke — male holder of a dukedom
• Hungarian: herceg — male holder of a dukedom
• Icelandic: hertogi — male holder of a dukedom
• Indonesian: adipati — male holder of a dukedom
• Irish: diúc — male holder of a dukedom
• Latvian: hercogs — male holder of a dukedom
• Lithuanian: hercogas — male holder of a dukedom
• Macedonian: војвода (vojvoda) — male holder of a dukedom
• Māori: tiuka — male holder of a dukedom
• Marathi: ड्यूक (ḍyūk) — male holder of a dukedom
• Norman: duc — male holder of a dukedom
• Norwegian Bokmål: hertug — male holder of a dukedom
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hertug — male holder of a dukedom
• Old English: ealdorman — male holder of a dukedom
• Old English: eorl — male holder of a dukedom
• Old English: heretoga — male holder of a dukedom
• Polish: książę — male holder of a dukedom
• Portuguese: duque — male holder of a dukedom
• Romanian: duce — male holder of a dukedom
• Scottish Gaelic: diùc — male holder of a dukedom
• Slovene: vojvoda — male holder of a dukedom
• Spanish: duque — male holder of a dukedom
• Thai: ดุ๊ก (dúk) — male holder of a dukedom
• Thai: ดยุก (dà-yúk) — male holder of a dukedom
• Turkish: dük — male holder of a dukedom
• Volapük: dük — male holder of a dukedom
• Volapük: hidük — male holder of a dukedom
• Volapük: jidük — male holder of a dukedom
• Walloon: duk — male holder of a dukedom
• Yiddish: הערצאָג (hertsog) — male holder of a dukedom
• Bulgarian: вели́к хе́рцог (velík hércog) — grand duke
• Czech: velkovévoda — grand duke
• Danish: storhertug — grand duke
• Danish: storfyrste — grand duke
• Finnish: suurherttua — grand duke
• German: Großherzog — grand duke
• German: Grossherzog — grand duke
• Greek: μέγας δούκας (mégas doúkas) — grand duke
• Irish: ard-diúc — grand duke
• Latvian: lielhercogs — grand duke
• Latvian: erchercogs — grand duke
• Luxembourgish: Herzog — grand duke
• Macedonian: голем војвода (golem vojvoda) — grand duke
• Manx: ard-duic — grand duke
• Norwegian Bokmål: storhertug — grand duke
• Norwegian Nynorsk: storhertug — grand duke
• Polish: wielki książe — grand duke
• Portuguese: grão-duque — grand duke
• Thai: ดุ๊ก (dúk) — grand duke
• Thai: ดยุก (dà-yúk) — grand duke
• Volapük: ledük — grand duke
• Volapük: hiledük — grand duke
• Volapük: jiledük — grand duke
• Bulgarian: юмру́к (jumrúk) — slang: fist
• Thai: หมัด (màt) — slang: fist