ducat
/ˈdʌkət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Shylock: "My daughter! O my ducats! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice! the law! my ducats, and my daughter!...""
- "But when the innkeeper saw what kind of goat the lad had, he thought this was a goat worth having, so when the lad had fallen asleep, he took another goat which couldn't make any golden ducats, and put that in its place."
- "Ned Beaumont said, "Well, I've got a ducat that reads to there, anyway."
- "Customers are usually enticed in with a "ducat", or pass for one free dance."
- "[…] the lines at the box office since ducats went on sale publicly Wednesday […]"
Etymology
From Middle French ducat, late Old French ducat, from Old Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducātus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”). Doublet of duchy.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dewk-, ducat, it, ducātus