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, obsolete, 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

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	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	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

    Conjugation of dùcere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

Related terms

• duce
• -durre
• dotto

Anagrams

• cudere, reduce

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ke.re/, [ˈd̪uːkɛrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.t͡ʃe.re/, [ˈd̪uːt͡ʃere]

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

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) ducere	ducerea	(niște) duceri	ducerile
genitive/dative	(unei) duceri	ducerii	(unor) duceri	ducerilor
vocative	ducere, ducereo		ducerilor

Declension of ducere