Meanings
plural grand dukes · alternative grand-duke · alternative grandduke
- Ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.
- Son, daughter, or grandchild of a czar (emperor) of the Russian Empire. (A more literal translation of the Russian is grand prince.)
Origin
- Russianвели́кий князь
- GermanGroßherzog
- Italiangranduca
- Middle French and Frenchgrand duc /grand-duc
- Englishgrand duke
From grand + duke, after Middle French and French grand duc /grand-duc, itself after titles in other languages, especially Italian granduca, German Großherzog, and Russian вели́кий князь (velíkij knjazʹ). Doublet of grand-duc.
More words from Middle French and French, Italian, German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غْرَانْدُوق
- غْرَانْدُوق (ḡrāndūq)ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Catalan gran duc
- gran ducruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Chinese Mandarin 太公
- 太公 (tàigōng)ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Czech velkovévoda, velkokníže
- velkovévodaruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- velkoknížeson or grandson of a czar
Danish storhertug, storfyrste
- storhertugruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- storfyrsteruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- storfyrsteson or grandson of a czar
Dutch groothertog
- groothertogruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Esperanto grandduko
- granddukoruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Finnish suurherttua, suurherttua
- suurherttuaruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- suurherttuason or grandson of a czar
French grand-duc, grand-duc
- grand-ducruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- grand-ducson or grandson of a czar
German Großherzog, Großfürst
- Großherzogruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- Großfürstson or grandson of a czar
Hungarian nagyherceg
- nagyhercegruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Icelandic stórhertogi, stórfursti
- stórhertogiruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- stórfurstison or grandson of a czar
Indonesian adipati agung, haryapatih
- adipati agungruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- haryapatihruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Irish ard-diúc.
- ard-diúc.ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Italian granduca
- granducaruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Latvian lielhercogs
- lielhercogsruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Norwegian Bokmål storhertug
- storhertugruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Persian گراندوک
- گراندوک (gerânduk)ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Polish wielki książę
- wielki książęruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Portuguese grão-duque
- grão-duqueruler or monarch of a grand duchy
Russian вели́кий ге́рцог, эрцге́рцог
- вели́кий ге́рцог (velíkij gércog)ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- эрцге́рцог (ercgércog)ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- вели́кий князь (velíkij knjazʹ)son or grandson of a czar
Spanish gran duque, gran duque
- gran duqueruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- gran duqueson or grandson of a czar
Swedish storhertig, storfurste
- storhertigruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- storfursteson or grandson of a czar
Thai แกรนด์ดุ๊ก, แกรนด์ดยุก
- แกรนด์ดุ๊กruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- แกรนด์ดยุกruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- แกรนด์ดุ๊กson or grandson of a czar
- แกรนด์ดยุกson or grandson of a czar
Turkish granduka, grandük
- grandukaruler or monarch of a grand duchy
- grandükruler or monarch of a grand duchy
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