doge

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

• Doge

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dəʊdʒ/, /dəʊʒ/, /ˈdəʊ.dʒeɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /doʊd͡ʒ/, /doʊʒ/, /ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒeɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• 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

• dogedom
• dogeless
• dogeship
• dogess

Related terms

• dogaressa

Translations

chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa

Arabic: دُوق‎ m (dūq), دوج‎ m (dōj) Armenian: դոժ (hy) (dož) Azerbaijani: doj Belarusian: дож m (dož) Bulgarian: дож (dož) Czech: dóže (cs) Danish: doge c Dutch: doge (nl) Esperanto: doĝo Estonian: doodž Finnish: doge (fi) French: doge (fr) m Georgian: დოჟი (doži) German: Doge (de) m Greek: δόγης (el) m (dógis) Hindi: डोगे (ḍoge) Hungarian: dózse (hu) Ido: dojo (io) Irish: dóg m Italian: doge (it) m Kazakh: дож (doj) Latvian: dodžs Ottoman Turkish: دوژ‎ (doj) Persian: دوجه‎ Polish: doża (pl) m pers Portuguese: doge (pt) m Romanian: doge (ro) m Russian: дож (ru) m (dož) Serbo-Croatian: дужд m Spanish: dux (es) m, dogo (es) m Swedish: doge (sv) Turkish: doj Ukrainian: дож m (dož) Zulu: inqola

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

• dogecoin

Translations

internet slang

Polish: pieseł (pl) m Turkish: köpke

Further reading

• doge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• doge (meme) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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.”

Anagrams

• goed

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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

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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

• “doge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• gode

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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

Related terms

• dogado

References

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

Anagrams

• dego, gode, godé

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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

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Portuguese

Noun

doge m (plural doges)

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

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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

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Volapük

Noun

doge

1. dative singular of dog