ducal

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UK/djuːkəl/

adjective

Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold.

OriginMiddle French ducal ← Latin ducālis →
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Meanings

adjectiveducal (comparative more ducal, superlative most ducal)

comparative more ducal · superlative most ducal

  1. Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold.

    Ahead of the king’s coming, the Duke of Norfolk will arrive to guarantee order [...] and he will not come with an army, but only his ducal train.

    2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 409

Origin

  1. Latinducālis
  2. Middle Frenchducal
  3. Englishducal

From Middle French ducal, from Latin ducālis. Doublet of dogal.

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Translations

Arabic دُوقِيّ
  • دُوقِيّ (dūqiyy)relating to a duke or duchess
Catalan ducal
  • ducalrelating to a duke or duchess
Dutch hertogelijk
  • hertogelijkrelating to a duke or duchess
French ducal
  • ducalrelating to a duke or duchess
German herzoglich
  • herzoglichrelating to a duke or duchess
Italian ducale
  • ducalerelating to a duke or duchess
Latin ducālis
  • ducālisrelating to a duke or duchess
Portuguese ducal
  • ducalrelating to a duke or duchess
Spanish ducal
  • ducalrelating to a duke or duchess
Swedish hertiglig
  • hertigligrelating to a duke or duchess

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ClaudDulacCudalDalcu
Cite this entry
APA

ducal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ducal

MLA

“ducal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ducal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ducal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ducal.

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