archduke

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

archduke (plural archdukes)

(historical) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
World War I traditionally started with the assassination of Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand.
(historical) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.

Derived terms

archdukedom

Related terms

Translations

rank

Afrikaans: aartsherog
Arabic: أَرْشِيدُوق m (ʔaršīdūq)
Armenian: արքիդուքս (arkʻidukʻs), էրցհերցոգ (hy) (ērcʻhercʻog)
Catalan: arxiduc (ca) m
Czech: arcivévoda (cs) m
Danish: ærkehertug c
Dutch: aartshertog (nl)
Esperanto: arkiduko, ĉefduko
Finnish: arkkiherttua (fi)
French: archiduc (fr) m
Galician: arquiduque m
Georgian: ერისთავთ-ერისთავი (eristavt-eristavi)
German: Erzherzog (de) m
Greek: αρχιδούκας (el) m (archidoúkas)
Hungarian: főherceg (hu)
Icelandic: erkihertogi m
Ido: arkiduko (io)
Indonesian: adipati utama
Irish: ard-diúc m
Italian: arciduca (it)
Japanese: 大公 (ja) (たいこう, taikō)
Khmer: សម្ដេចព្រះបរមរាជឱរសាធិរាជ (sɑmdach preah bɑrom riech aorɑh a’tʰi’riech)
Latin: archidux m
Latvian: erchercogs m
Macedonian: надвојвода m (nadvojvoda)
Papiamentu: archiduke
Persian: آرشیدوک (âršiduk)
Polish: arcyksiążę (pl) m
Portuguese: arquiduque (pt)
Russian: эрцге́рцог (ru) m (ercgércog)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на̏двојвода m

Roman: nȁdvojvoda (sh) m
Spanish: archiduque (es) m
Swedish: ärkehertig (sv)
Tagalog: artsiduke
Thai: อาร์ชดุ๊ก, อาร์ชดยุก
Turkish: arşidük (tr), arşiduka
Volapük: daledük (vo) (male or female), hidaledük (male)
Welsh: arch-ddug m

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