# ducat
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʌkət/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌkət

### Noun

ducat (plural ducats)
* (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.
* (informal) A coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general.
* (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 […]

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [duˈkat]

### Noun

ducat m (plural ducats)
* duchy

#### Derived terms

* gran ducat

#### Related terms

* duc

### Further reading

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

## Czech
### Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare dupat, deptat, dusat, cupat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdut͡sat]

### Verb

ducat impf (perfective ducnout)
* to push, to nudge
    Synonyms: narážet, šťouchat
    Kozy do mne ducají, kontrolují kapsy, jestli ještě neukrývají další pamlsek, a brání vlastními těly východ z chlívku.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Conjugation

| Infinitive | ducat, ducati | Active adjective | ducající |
| Verbal noun | ducání | Passive adjective | — |
| Present forms | indicative | indicative | imperative | imperative |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st person | ducám | ducáme | — | ducejme |
| 2nd person | ducáš | ducáte | ducej | ducejte |
| 3rd person | ducá | ducají | — | — |
* The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive ducat.
| Participles | Past participles | Past participles | Passive participles | Passive participles |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| masculine animate | ducal | ducali | — | — |
| masculine inanimate | ducal | ducaly | — | — |
| feminine | ducala | ducaly | — | — |
| neuter | ducalo | ducala | — | — |
| Transgressives | present | past |
| masculine singular | ducaje | — |
| feminine + neuter singular | ducajíc | — |
| plural | ducajíce | — |

### Further reading

* “ducati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ducati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “ducat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dy.ka/

### Noun

ducat m (plural ducats)
* (numismatics) ducat

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: düka

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Verb

dūcat
* third-person singular present active subjunctive of dūcō

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ducatus.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

ducat m (plural ducats)
* duchy

#### Related terms

* duc
* ducal, ducau

### Further reading

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

## Old French
### Etymology

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

### Noun

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

#### Descendants

* → English: ducat
* French: ducat

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duˈkat/

### Noun

ducat n (plural ducate)
* dukedom, duchy

#### Declension
### Noun

ducat m (plural ducați)
* (numismatics) ducat

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dùːt͡sat/, /dúːt͡sat/

### Noun

dūcat m inan
* dozen, 12

#### Inflection
### Further reading

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