ducere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dūcere. The inherited form survived in the suffix -durre. See also dotto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.t͡ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -utʃere
  • Hyphenation: dù‧ce‧re

Verb

dùcere (first-person singular present dùco, first-person singular past historic dùssi, past participle dótto, first-person singular future durrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive, archaic, rare)

  1. to lead, guide, drive
    Synonyms: condurre, guidare
  2. (figurative) to mold, temper
    Synonyms: modellare, plasmare
    • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XIII, page 234, lines 67–69:
      La cera di costoro e chi la duce ¶ non sta d'un modo; e però sotto 'l segno ¶ idëale poi più e men traluce.
      Neither their wax, nor that which tempers it, ¶ remains immutable, and hence beneath ¶ the ideal signet more and less shines through.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dùcere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive dùcere
auxiliary verb avére gerund ducèndo
present participle ducènte past participle dótto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present dùco dùci dùce duciàmo ducéte dùcono
imperfect ducévo ducévi ducéva ducevàmo ducevàte ducévano
past historic dùssi ducésti dùsse ducémmo ducéste dùssero
future durrò durrài durrà durrémo durréte durrànno
conditional durrèi durrésti durrèbbe, durrébbe durrémmo durréste durrèbbero, durrébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present dùca dùca dùca duciàmo duciàte dùcano
imperfect ducéssi ducéssi ducésse ducéssimo ducéste ducéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
dùci dùca duciàmo ducéte dùcano
negative imperative non dùcere non dùca non duciàmo non ducéte non dùcano

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

dūcere

  1. present active infinitive of dūcō (“to lead, to guide”)
  2. second-person singular present passive imperative of dūcō (“be thou led, be thou guided”)

Romanian

Etymology

From duce +‎ -re.

Noun

ducere f (plural duceri)

  1. going
  2. leaving, departure
    Synonym: plecare

Declension

Declension of ducere
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ducere ducerea duceri ducerile
genitive-dative duceri ducerii duceri ducerilor
vocative ducere, ducereo ducerilor
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