grand duke

English

Etymology

Old French grant duc, from Latin grandis + dux, from the verb duco (“to lead”).

Alternative forms

grand-duke, grandduke

Noun

grand duke (plural grand dukes)

Ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.
Son or grandson of a czar (emperor) of the Russian Empire. (A more literal translation of the Russian would be grand prince.)

Translations

ruler or monarch of a grand duchy

Chinese:
Mandarin: 太公 (zh)
Czech: velkovévoda m
Danish: storhertug c (Luxembourg, German states and Western Europe), storfyrste c (Lithuania, Moscow and tsarist Finland)
Dutch: groothertog (nl) m
Esperanto: grandduko
Finnish: suurherttua
French: grand-duc (fr) m
Georgian: ერისმთავარი (erismtavari)
German: Großherzog (de) m
Hungarian: nagyherceg (hu)

Icelandic: stórhertogi m
Indonesian: adipati agung, haryapatih
Italian: granduca (it) m
Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា m (sɑmdach chav pnyie), លោកអ្នកឧកញ៉ា (lok neak ok nha)
Latvian: lielhercogs m
Polish: wielki książę m
Portuguese: grão-duque m
Russian: вели́кий ге́рцог m (velíkij gércog), эрцге́рцог (ru) m (ercgércog)
Spanish: gran duque
Swedish: storhertig (sv) c
Thai: แกรนด์ดุ๊ก, แกรนด์ดยุก

son or grandson of a czar

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: velkokníže m
Danish: storfyrste c
Finnish: suurherttua
German: Großfürst m

Icelandic: stórfursti m
Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា (som dach chao pnhea)
Russian: вели́кий князь (ru) m (velíkij knjazʹ)
Spanish: gran duque m
Swedish: storfurste c
Thai: แกรนด์ดุ๊ก, แกรนด์ดยุก

See also

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