grand-duc

See also: grand duc

English

Alternative forms

• grand duc

Etymology

From French grand-duc.

Noun

grand-duc

1. A French grand duke.

   Coordinate term: grande-duchesse

   • 1921, Town & Country, volumes 77–78, page 54:

     The Grand-duc and Grande-duchesse Cyril, with their children, are expected at the Elysée Palace, Cannes, for the winter.

   • 2001, Carter Wiseman, I.M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture, New York, N.Y.: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., →ISBN, page 312:

     To one side was a small pavilion that would, the backers hoped, eventually house the private art collection of the grand-duc and his wife.

   • 2018, Caroline Weber, Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siècle Paris, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, published 2019, →ISBN, page 196:

     The most important introduction Gontaut made for her was to Grand-Duc and Grande-Duchesse Wladimir of Russia, the GDWs to their intimates.

Related terms

• duc

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.dyk/

Noun

grand-duc m (plural grands-ducs, feminine grande-duchesse)

1. grand duke

   faire la tournée des grands-ducs ― to paint the town red

2. Eurasian eagle-owl

   grand-duc d’Amérique ― great horned owl

   grand-duc d’Europe ― Eurasian eagle owl

   hibou grand-duc ― Eurasian eagle owl

Descendants

• → Arabic: غْرَانْدُوق (ḡrāndūq)
• → English: grand-duc
• → Persian: گراندوک (gerânduk)
• → Turkish: grandük

Further reading

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