duce

See also: Duce

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian duce. Doublet of duke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːtʃeɪ/

Noun

duce (usually uncountable, plural duci)

1. (fascism) an authoritarian leader, especially Benito Mussolini

Translations

(fascism) an authoritarian leader, especially Benito Mussolini

• Arabic: دُوتْشِي m (dūtšī), دُوتْشِي m (dūtše)
• Armenian: դուչե (hy) (dučʻe)
• Belarusian: ду́чэ m (dúče)
• Bulgarian: ду́че m (dúče)
• French: duce (fr) m
• Georgian: დუჩე (duče)
• German: Duce (de) m
• Greek: ντούτσε (el) m (ntoútse)
• Hebrew: דוצ׳ה m (dúche)
• Hungarian: dúcse
• Italian: duce (it) m
• Japanese: ドゥーチェ (dūche)
• Korean: 두체 (duche)
• Russian: ду́че (ru) m (dúče)
• Spanish: duce m
• Ukrainian: ду́че m (dúče)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dux, ducis (“leader”). Compare the likewise borrowed doublets duca and doge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -utʃe
• Hyphenation: dù‧ce

Noun

duce m (plural duci)

1. (archaic or literary) captain, leader, helm

   Synonyms: capitano, capo, condottiero

2. (by extension, after the Fascist era) an authoritarian leader

   Synonyms: autocrate, despota, dittatore, oppressore, tiranno

Derived terms

• Duce

Related terms

• ducato

Latin

Verb

dūce

1. Alternative form of dūc (“lead!, guide!”), second-person singular present active imperative of dūcō.

Usage notes

While common in Plautus, dūc is the far more common variant in the classical period.

Noun

duce

1. ablative singular of dux

Old English

Etymology

From the original meaning of "diver," from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan (“to duck, dive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ke/, /ˈdu.ke/

Noun

dū̆ce f

1. duck (bird)

   Synonym: ened

Declension

Declension of dūce (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dūce	dūcan
accusative	dūcan	dūcan
genitive	dūcan	dūcena
dative	dūcan	dūcum

Descendants

• Middle English: doke, ducke, dukke, dokke, douke, duke
  • English: duck
  • Scots: duik, deuk, dook
  • Yola: duucks (plural)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.t͡ʃe/

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• Rhymes: -ut͡ʃe
• Hyphenation: du‧ce

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin dūcere, present active infinitive of dūcō, from Proto-Italic *doukō, from Proto-Indo-European *déwketi, from the root *dewk-.

Verb

a duce (third-person singular present duce, past participle dus) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to carry, lead, take

   Trebuie să fie duși copiii la școală.

   The children must be taken to school.

2. (intransitive) to lead, to go

   Drumul ăsta duce la casa mea.

   This road leads to my house.

3. (reflexive) to go

   Mă duc acasă. ― I’m going home.

4. (reflexive, figuratively) to die
5. (transitive or intransitive; mildly informal) to withstand, handle, weather, deal with

   O să-ți dau de lucru de să nu poți duce.

   I’ll give you so much to do that you won’t be able to take it.

Usage notes

The negative imperative is known to always be identical to the infinitive. However, like many of the verbs with a short imperative, duce often does not follow this rule in colloquial usage, keeping the same form as the imperative: Nu (te) duce (prescribed); nu (te) du (common in practice).

The same applies to the derived verbs.

Conjugation

    conjugation of duce (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a duce
gerund			ducând
past participle			dus
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	duc	duci	duce	ducem	duceți	duc
	imperfect	duceam	duceai	ducea	duceam	duceați	duceau
	simple perfect	dusei	duseși	duse	duserăm	duserăți	duseră
	pluperfect	dusesem	duseseși	dusese	duseserăm	duseserăți	duseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să duc	să duci	să ducă	să ducem	să duceți	să ducă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		du			duceți
	negative		nu duce			nu duceți

Derived terms

• ducă
• duce de nas
• ducere

Related terms

• a aduce
• a arăduce
• a conduce
• a deduce
• a induce
• a introduce
• a produce
• a reduce
• a seduce

See also

• a merge
• a pleca
• a căra

Etymology 2

Modified, to be adapted to the Latin, from the older form ducă, itself from Italian duca, and partly through Byzantine Greek δούκα (doúka), ultimately from Latin dux, ducis.

Alternative forms

• ducă — archaic

Noun

duce m (plural duci)

2. duke

Declension

Declension of duce

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) duce	ducele	(niște) duci	ducii
genitive/dative	(unui) duce	ducelui	(unor) duci	ducilor
vocative	duce		ducilor