English

Alternative forms

• Duce

Noun

duce ‎(plural duces or duci)

1. (historical) used especially for the leader of the Italian Fascist party - Benito Mussolini

Translations

See also

• Führer

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dux, ducem, from dūcō ‎(“I lead”). Compare the doublets duca and doge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdu.t͡ʃe]

Noun

duce m ‎(plural duci)

1. captain, leader
2. (il Duce) il Duce (nickname for Mussolini)

Related terms

• ducato

Latin

Verb

dūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dūcō  "lead thou, guide thou"

Noun

duce

1. ablative singular of dux

Old English

Noun

duce f and dūce f

1. duck

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdu.t͡ʃe]

Etymology 1

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, to lead

   a duce de nas

   to lead by the nose

2. (intransitive) to lead, to go

   Drumul ăsta duce la casa mea.

   this road leads to my house

3. (reflexive, with accusative) to go

   Mă duc acasă.

   I'm going home.

4. (reflexive, with accusative; figuratively) to die

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ducă
• ducere

Related terms

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, ducem.

Alternative forms

• ducă (archaic)

Noun

duce m ‎(plural duci)

1. duke