duchess

Такође погледајте: Duchess

Енглески

The Duchess Anna Amalia von Weimar (1795).

Етимологија

From Middle English duchesse, from Old French duchesse.

Изговор

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈdʌ.tʃəs/

Именица

duchess (plural duchesses)

1. The wife or widow of a duke.
   • 2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby (in The Guardian, 3 December 2012)[1]

     The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.

2. The female ruler of a duchy (where women can reign).

Related terms

• archduchess
• grand duchess

Translations

female spouse or widow of a duke

• Arabic: دُوقَة‎ f (dūqa)
• Armenian: դքսուհի (hy) (dkʿsuhi)
• Belarusian: герцагіня f (hjercahínja), княгіня f (knjahínja)
• Bulgarian: херцогиня f (hercogínja), дукеса f (dukésa)
• Catalan: duquessa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公爵夫人 (zh) (gōngjué fūrén)

• Czech: vévodkyně (cs) f
• Danish: hertuginde c
• Dutch: hertogin (nl) f
• Esperanto: dukino
• Estonian: hertsoginna
• Finnish: herttuatar (fi)
• French: duchesse (fr) f
• German: Herzogin (de) f
• Greek: δούκισσα (el) f (doúkissa)
• Hawaiian: duke wahine
• Hungarian: hercegné (hu)
• Indonesian: istri adipati
• Irish: bandiúc f
• Italian: duchessa (it)
• Japanese: 公爵夫人 (こうしゃくふじん, kōshaku fujin)
• Latvian: hercogiene f
• Lithuanian: hercogienė f
• Macedonian: војвотка f (vójvotka)
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• Manx: bendiuic m
• Maori: tutahe
• Marathi: डचेस (ḍacesa)
• Norman: duchêsse f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hertuginne m or f

  Nynorsk: hertuginne f

• Persian: دوشس‎ (fa) (dušes)
• Polish: księżna (pl) f
• Portuguese: duquesa (pt) f
• Romanian: ducesă (ro) f
• Russian: герцоги́ня (ru) f (gercogínja), княги́ня (ru) f (knjagínja)
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-diùc f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: војвоткиња f

  Roman: vojvotkinja (sh) f

• Slovak: vojvodkyňa f
• Slovene: vojvodinja (sl) f
• Spanish: duquesa (es) f
• Swedish: hertiginna (sv) c
• Tagalog: dukesa
• Thai: ดัชเชส
• Turkish: düşes (tr) f
• Ukrainian: герцогиня f (hercohýnja), княгиня f (knjahýnja)
• Volapük: (♂♀) dük (vo), (♂) hidük, (♀) jidük (vo)

female ruler of a duchy

• Armenian: դքսուհի (hy) (dkʿsuhi)
• Bulgarian: херцогиня f (hercogínja), дукеса f (dukésa)
• Catalan: duquessa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女伯爵

• Czech: vévodkyně (cs) f
• Dutch: hertogin (nl) f
• Finnish: herttuatar (fi)
• French: duchesse (fr) f
• German: Herzogin (de) f
• Greek: δούκισσα (el) f (doúkissa)
• Hawaiian: duke wahine
• Hungarian: hercegnő (hu)
• Indonesian: adipati perempuan
• Irish: bandiúc f
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• Latvian: hercogiene f
• Macedonian: војвотка f (vójvotka)
• Manx: bendiuic m
• Marathi: डचेस (ḍacesa)
• Norman: duchêsse f
• Polish: księżna (pl) f
• Portuguese: duquesa (pt) f
• Russian: герцоги́ня (ru) f (gercogínja), княги́ня (ru) f (knjagínja)
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-diùc f
• Spanish: duquesa (es) f
• Swedish: hertiginna (sv) c
• Thai: ดัชเชส
• Turkish: düşes (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) dük (vo), (♂) hidük, (♀) jidük (vo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(молим проверите)} dugez f
• Icelandic: ^{(молим проверите)} hertogaynja f
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• Latin: ^{(please verify)} dux (la) f
• Шаблон:ttbc: hercogienė f (wife of duke); hercogė f (sovereign female ruler of duchy)

Verb

1. (UK, informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.

   • 1996, Shane Maloney, The Brush-Off, 2003, page 46,

     ‘A word to the wise, Murray. Those wogs you′ve been duchessing at Ethnic Affairs have got nothing on the culture vultures. Tear the flesh right off your bones, they will.’

   • 2004, Humphrey McQueen, A New Britannia, Fourth Edition, page 66,

     The traditional version of Hughes′ decision to introduce conscription gives central importance to his visit to London in April 1916 where it is alleged he was duchessed and deceived concerning recruitment figures.