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ducat

See also: Ducat, ducât, and dūcat

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Etymology

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From Middle French ducat, late Old French ducat, from Old Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducātus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”). Doublet of duchy.

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ducat (plural ducats)

  1. (historical) A gold coin minted by various European nations.
    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene viii]:
      Shylock: "My daughter! O my ducats! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice! the law! my ducats, and my daughter!..."
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbj&oslash￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 166:
      But when the innkeeper saw what kind of goat the lad had, he thought this was a goat worth having, so when the lad had fallen asleep, he took another goat which couldn't make any golden ducats, and put that in its place.
  2. (informal) A coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general.
  3. (US, theater, transport, slang) A ticket.
    • 1972 [1931], Dashiell Hammett, “IV. The Dog House”, in The Glass Key, Vintage Books, page 73:
      Ned Beaumont said, "Well, I've got a ducat that reads to there, anyway.
    • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 88:
      Customers are usually enticed in with a "ducat", or pass for one free dance.
    • 1949 June 11, Billboard:
      […] the lines at the box office since ducats went on sale publicly Wednesday […]

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Noun

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ducat m (plural ducats)

  1. duchy

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Czech

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Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare dupat, deptat, dusat, cupat.

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Verb

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ducat impf (perfective ducnout)

  1. to push, to nudge
    Synonyms: narážet, šťouchat
    Kozy do mne ducají, kontrolují kapsy, jestli ještě neukrývají další pamlsek, a brání vlastními těly východ z chlívku.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of ducat
infinitive ducat, ducati active adjective ducající


verbal noun ducání passive adjective ducaný
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person ducám ducáme — ducejme
2nd person ducáš ducáte ducej ducejte
3rd person ducá ducají — —

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive ducat.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate ducal ducali ducán ducáni
masculine inanimate ducaly ducány
feminine ducala ducána
neuter ducalo ducala ducáno ducána
transgressives present past
masculine singular ducaje —
feminine + neuter singular ducajíc —
plural ducajíce —

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French, from late Old French, borrowed from Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducātus, from dux (“duke; leader”). Compare also duché.

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Noun

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ducat m (plural ducats)

  1. (numismatics) ducat

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  • → Turkish: düka

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Latin

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dūcat

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of dūcō

Occitan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ducatus.

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Noun

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ducat m (plural ducats)

  1. duchy
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  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 252

Old French

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Etymology

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Late Old French. From Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducatus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”).

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ducat oblique singular, m (oblique plural ducaz or ducatz, nominative singular ducaz or ducatz, nominative plural ducat)

  1. ducat (historical coin)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ducato. By surface analysis, duce +‎ -at.

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ducat n (plural ducate)

  1. dukedom, duchy

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ducat ducatul ducate ducatele
genitive-dative ducat ducatului ducate ducatelor
vocative ducatule ducatelor

Noun

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ducat m (plural ducați)

  1. (numismatics) ducat

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ducat ducatul ducați ducații
genitive-dative ducat ducatului ducați ducaților
vocative ducatule ducaților

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Slovene

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dùːt͡sat/, /dúːt͡sat/

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dūcat m inan

  1. dozen, 12

Declension

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. dūcat
gen. sing. dūcata
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		dūcat dūcata dūcati
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		dūcata dūcatov dūcatov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		dūcatu dūcatoma dūcatom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		dūcat dūcata dūcate
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		dūcatu dūcatih dūcatih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		dūcatom dūcatoma dūcati

Further reading

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  • “ducat”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “ducat”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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