duque
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese duc (“duke”), borrowed from Old French duc (“duke”), from Latin dux (“ruler”), from dūcō (“to lead”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. Doublet of doge.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: du‧que
Noun
duque m (plural duques, feminine duquesa, feminine plural duquesas)
- duke (male ruler of a duchy)
- (card games) deuce, two (a card with two spots)
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See also
| Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text) | ||||||
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French duc, from Latin dux. Doublet of dux.
Pronunciation
Noun
duque m (plural duques, feminine duquesa, feminine plural duquesas)
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Further reading
- “duque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014