English Explanatory Dictionary

archduke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
  2. The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

archduke archdukes

Etymology

From Middle French archeduc (modern French archiduc), from Latin archidux. Equivalent to arch- + duke.

Related words

archduchess duke emperor grand duke imperial noble prince royal

Derived words

archdukedom

Translations

Afrikaans: aartshertog Arabic: أَرْشِيدُوق Armenian: արքիդուքս Armenian: էրցհերցոգ Catalan: arxiduc Czech: arcivévoda Danish: ærkehertug Dutch: aartshertog Esperanto: arkiduko Esperanto: ĉefduko Finnish: arkkiherttua French: archiduc Galician: arquiduque Georgian: ერისთავთ-ერისთავი German: Erzherzog Bavarian German: Erzherzog Greek: αρχιδούκας Hungarian: főherceg Icelandic: erkihertogi Ido: arkiduko Indonesian: adipati utama Irish: ard-diúc Italian: arciduca Japanese: 大公 Khmer: សម្ដេចព្រះបរមរាជឱរសាធិរាជ Latin: archidux Latvian: erchercogs Macedonian: надвојвода Papiamentu: archiduke Persian: آرشیدوک Polish: arcyksiążę Portuguese: arquiduque Russian: эрцге́рцог Serbo-Croatian: на̏двојвода Serbo-Croatian: nȁdvojvoda Spanish: archiduque Swedish: ärkehertig Tagalog: artsiduke Thai: อาร์ชดุ๊ก Thai: อาร์ชดยุก Turkish: arşidük Turkish: arşiduka Volapük: daledük Volapük: hidaledük Welsh: arch-ddug
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