Il Duce

English

Alternative forms

• Duce

Etymology

Borrowed fromItalianil Duce(literally“the Leader”),fromduce(“commander, leader”),fromLatindux,accusativeducem(“leader”),from the nomen agentis form ofProto-Indo-European*dewk-(“to lead”).Doubletofduke.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/iːl ˈduːtʃeɪ/
• (US)IPA^(key):/il ˈdutʃeɪ/
• Rhymes:-uːtʃeɪ

Proper noun

Il Duce

1. (historical)ThetitlewhichItaliandictatorBenito Mussoliniassumed during hisrule(1922—1945).

Coordinate terms

• Führer

Translations

title assumed by Mussolini

• Arabic:الْدُوتْشِيm(al-dūtše)
• Azerbaijani:duçe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Pháp tây tư lĩnh tụ／Pháp tây tư lĩnh tụ(fǎxīsī lǐngxiù)

• Estonian:Duce(et)
• French:le Duce(fr)m
• Georgian:დუჩე(duče)
• German:der Duce(de)m
• Greek:ο Ντούτσε(el)m(o Ntoútse)
• Italian:il Duce(it)m,il Duce del Fascismom
• Japanese:ドゥーチェ(Dūche),Thống soái(ja)
• Korean:두체(Duche)
• Latin:Dux(la)m
• Lithuanian:dučėm
• Polish:duce(pl)m
• Russian:ду́че(ru)m(dúče)

Anagrams

• Dulcie,Euclid