Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doge

/ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒeɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: doge
IPA: /ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒeɪ/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

noun

Deliberate misspelling of doggy.

Humorous

noun

Specifically, a Shiba Inu, as in the doge meme.

Humorous

verb

Alternative letter-case form of DOGE.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of doge (“ruler of Venice or Genoa”).

noun

Clipping of Dogecoin (“a unit of the cryptocurrency”).

Informal

name

Alternative letter-case form of DOGE.

name

Acronym of Department of Government Efficiency.

American usage

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"The doge and the Venetian Senate might still be the servants (douloi) of the emperor, but nonetheless they were able to fix the price of their naval aid."
"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)."
"Since the lab has been "doged," a petition posted to Change.org by Evgeny Stambulchik asked for signatures to oppose the layoff of the NIST Atomic Spectroscopy Group and has garnered 2,500 signatures as of reporting time. There is also a campaign website."
"Two senior USAid security officials were suspended on Sunday for blocking Doge officials from a restricted area, a day after the agency’s website went offline, and Musk posted to X that USAid was “beyond repair” and needed to be shut down."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin dux Venetan doxebor. Italian dogeder. English doge Partly from Middle French doge and partly from its etymon, Italian doge, from Venetan doxe, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader; commander; ruler”). Doublet of duc, duce, duke, and dux.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: *dewk-, doge, doxe, ducem

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /doʊd͡ʒ/
British English: /dəʊdʒ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

doges (plural) dogi (plural) doges (present, singular) dogeing (participle, present) doged (participle, past) doged (past) DOGE'd (participle, past) DOGE'd (past)

Derived Forms

dogedom dogeless dogeship dogess dogecoin DOGE DOGEr

Phrases

DOGE bro

Frequently Paired Words

dogal dogaressa dogate ducal ducat duchy dukedom duke

Rhymes With

hoge loge boge droege droge doege voge vosges rogue vogue minogue pogue

Questions

How do you pronounce doge?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒeɪ/.
What does doge mean?: The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
Where does doge come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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