duque
Portuguese, noun/ˈdu.ki/
duque is spelled D-U-Q-U-E (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “duke (male ruler of a duchy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “título nobiliárquico do governante de um ducado”.
What does duque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineduke (male ruler of a duchy)
- 2
masculinedeuce, two (a card with two spots)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. título nobiliárquico do governante de um ducado
noun: 1. naipe de dominó equivalente a dois pontos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of duque
- duques plural
- duquesa feminine
- duquesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duque?
- Brazil /ˈdu.ki/
- Portugal /ˈdu.kɨ/
- /ˈdu.kɨ/.
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duque in Portuguese?
duque appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).