WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
-duc-, root.
- -duc- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "to lead.'' This meaning is found in such words as: abduct, adduce, aqueduct, conducive, conduct, deduce, deduct, ducal, duct, duke, educate, induce, induction, introduce, oviduct, produce, production, reduce, reduction, seduce, seduction, viaduct.
'-duc-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
's Hertogenbosch
- Berry
- Bois-le-Duc
- Choiseul
- Condé
- Enghien, d'
- Heyduck
- Junot
- La Rochefoucauld
- Le Duc Tho
- Limburg
- Massena
- Meuse
- Montmorency
- Ney
- Orléans
- Orléans, d'
- Richelieu
- Saint-Simon
- Sully
- Viollet-le-Duc
- conduct
- de Broglie
- duc
- duchess
- duchy
- duct
- ductile
- ductile iron
- ductor
- duke
- educate
- educt
- guise
- roquelaure
- roué
- sully