doge

See also: Doge and DOGE

English
WOTD – 17 May 2010
Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (1523–1538)

Etymology 1

From Venetian Doxe or Italian doge, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader, prince”). Doublet of duke and dux.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /dəʊdʒ/, /dəʊʒ/, /ˈdəʊ.dʒeɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /doʊd͡ʒ/, /doʊʒ/, /ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒeɪ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊdʒ, -əʊʒ

Noun

doge (plural doges or dogi)

  1. (historical) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
    • 1797, John Adams, A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States, page 62
      In the thirteenth century, a new method of appointing the doge, by the famous ballot of Venice, a complicated mixture of choice and chance, was adopted.
    • 1982, John Julius Norwich, A History of Venice, chapter 34, page 346
      This reply was one of the first important pronouncements to be made by Antonio Grimani, who on 6 July had been elected seventy-fourth Doge of Venice in succession to Leonardo Loredan.
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:doge.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2
Doge

From dog. First attested in the 2005 episode Biz Cas Fri 1 from Homestar Runner.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dəʊdʒ/, /dəʊʒ/, /dəʊɡ/, (also) /ˈdɒɡi/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

doge (plural doges)

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) A dog.
  2. (Internet slang, humorous) Specifically, a Shiba Inu, as in the doge meme.
    • 2015 July 23, Dave Lee, “Six times Reddit wasn't completely awful”, in BBC‎:
      Bobsled wasn't the only Dogecoin-backed sporting success. Fans of Nascar will recognise the car driven by Josh Wise, emblazoned, as it is, with the adorable little doge on its bonnet (pictured above).
Derived terms
Translations

Further reading

References
  1. “Biz Cas Fri 1”, in Homestar Runner‎ (in English), written by Mike and Matt Chapman, June 24, 2005: “Homestar Runner: Rondleman, you crack me up. Crack! Me! Up! That's why you're my D-O-G-E! / Strong Bad: Your doge?! What are you talking about? I'm Strong Bad! Rondleman works in Regional Shipping Management Resources.”

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Finnish

Etymology

From Italian doge.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdo(ː)dʒe/, [ˈdo̞(ː)dʒe̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈdoɡe/, [ˈdo̞ɡe̞]

Noun

doge

  1. doge

Declension

In genitive plural, non-standard dogien seems to be the most commonly used form.

Inflection of doge (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative doge doget
genitive dogen dogejen
partitive dogea dogeja
illative dogeen dogeihin
singular plural
nominative doge doget
accusative nom. doge doget
gen. dogen
genitive dogen dogejen
dogeinrare
partitive dogea dogeja
inessive dogessa dogeissa
elative dogesta dogeista
illative dogeen dogeihin
adessive dogella dogeilla
ablative dogelta dogeilta
allative dogelle dogeille
essive dogena dogeina
translative dogeksi dogeiksi
instructive — dogein
abessive dogetta dogeitta
comitative — dogeineen
Possessive forms of doge (type nalle)
possessor singular plural
1st person dogeni dogemme
2nd person dogesi dogenne
3rd person dogensa

French

Etymology

From Italian doge or directly from Venetian Doxe, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader, prince”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔʒ/

Noun

doge m (plural doges)

  1. doge
    • 1833, Julie de Quérangal, Philippe de Morvelle, Revue des Deux Mondes, T.2,4
      Non pas, non pas, cria-t-on de tous côtés ; il y a encore Venise. - Venise la reine des mers ! - Le lion de Saint-Marc ! - Le Bucentaure ! - Le doge ! - Quel homme qu'un doge ! […]

References
  • Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, huitième édition, 1932-1935

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian Doxe, from Latin ducem (“leader, prince”). See also the likewise borrowed doublets duce and duca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.d͡ʒe/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔdʒe
  • Hyphenation: dò‧ge

Noun

doge m (plural dogi)

  1. doge

References
  1. doge in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Pronunciation
  • (dogè) IPA(key): [doˈɡʲɛ]
  • (dòge) IPA(key): [ˈdoɡʲɛ]

Noun

dogè m

  1. locative singular of dogas

Noun

dòge m

  1. vocative singular of dogas

Portuguese

Noun

doge m (plural doges)

  1. (historical) doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa)

Romanian

Etymology

From Italian doge.

Noun

doge m (plural dogi)

  1. doge

Declension
Declension of doge
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) doge dogeul (niște) dogi dogii
genitive/dative (unui) doge dogeului (unor) dogi dogilor
vocative dogeule dogilor

Volapük

Noun

doge

  1. dative singular of dog
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