doge

Partly from Middle French doge and partly from its etymon, Italian doge,^[1] from Venetan doxe, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader; commander; ruler”). Doublet of duc, duce, duke, and dux.

• Doge

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

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• Rhymes: -əʊdʒ, -əʊʒ, -əʊdʒeɪ

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, chapter 34, in A History of Venice, 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.

   • 2013, Judith Herrin, “The Collapse of the Byzantine Empire in the Twelfth Century: A Study of a Medieval Economy”, in Margins and Metropolis: Authority Across the Byzantine Empire, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, page 114:

     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.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:doge.

• dogal
• dogedom
• dogeless
• dogeship
• dogess

• dogaressa

From dog, probably as a sensational spelling of doggy like monke. First attested in the 2005 episode "Biz Cas Fri 1" from Homestar Runner.^[2]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dəʊdʒ/, /dəʊʒ/, /dəʊɡ/, (also) /ˈdɒɡ.i/, /ˈdəʊ.ɡi/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /doʊdʒ/, /doʊʒ/, /doʊɡ/, (also) /ˈdɑɡ.i/, /ˈdoʊ.ɡi/
• Rhymes: -əʊdʒ, -əʊʒ, -əʊɡ, -ɒɡi, -əʊɡi

doge (plural doges)

1. (Internet slang, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of doggy.
3. (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^[2]:

     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).

• dogecoin
• DOGE

See DOGE.

doge (third-person singular simple present doges, present participle dogeing, simple past and past participle doged)

1. Alternative letter-case form of DOGE.
   • 2025 March 28, Andrea Fox, “Lab critical to medical device development 'DOGEd'”, in Healthcare IT News‎^[3]:

     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.

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

• goed

From Venetan doxe, from Latin ducem.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoːɕə]

doge c (singular definite dogen, plural indefinite doger)

1. doge

• “doge” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Italian doge.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo(ː)dʒe/, [ˈdo̞(ː)dʒe̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdoɡe/, [ˈdo̞ɡe̞]
• Rhymes: -odʒe

doge

1. doge

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

Borrowed from Italian doge or directly from Venetan doxe, from Latin ducem (“leader; commander; ruler”).

• IPA^(key): /dɔʒ/

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 ! […]

     "No, no," we cried from both sides; "there is still Venice. Venice the queen of the seas! The lion of St Mark! The Bucintoro! The doge! What a man is a doge!"

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

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

• gode

Borrowed from Venetan doxe, from Latin ducem (“leader; commander; ruler”). See also the likewise borrowed doublets duce and duca.

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

doge m (plural dogi)

1. doge

• dogado

• dego, gode, godé

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

dogè m

1. locative singular of dogas

dòge m

1. vocative singular of dogas

From Venetan doxe or Italian doge, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader; commander; ruler”). Doublet of duque.

• Hyphenation: do‧ge

doge m (plural doges)

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

Borrowed from Italian doge.

doge m (plural dogi)

1. doge

doge

1. dative singular of dog