ducat

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌkət/

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• Rhymes: -ʌkət

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 Asbjørnsen, 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 […]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [duˈkat]

ducat m (plural ducats)

1. duchy

• gran ducat

• duc

• “ducat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

• IPA^(key): /dy.ka/

ducat m (plural ducats)

1. (numismatics) ducat

• → Turkish: düka

• “ducat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

dūcat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of dūcō

Borrowed from Latin ducatus.

ducat m (plural ducats)

1. duchy

• duc
• ducal, ducau

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 252.

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

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

1. ducat (historical coin)

• → English: ducat
• French: ducat

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

• IPA^(key): /duˈkat/

ducat m (plural ducate)

1. dukedom, duchy

• ducat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• IPA^(key): /dùːt͡sat/, /dúːt͡sat/

dūcat m inan

1. dozen, 12

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