duct
English
/dʌkt/
noun
Definitions
- A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
- An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
- (obsolete) Guidance; direction.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ductus (channel, conveyance of water) root from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (pull, lead, draw, tug).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dewk-
Gloss
pull, lead, draw, tug
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acinoductal English
- aeroduct English
- co-educate English
- ducal English
- ducat English
- ductal English
- ductiform English
- ductless English
- ductlessness English
- ductlike English
- ductography English
- ductoscopy English
- ductus English
- ductway English
- ductwork English
- educable English
- educatable English
- educate English
- educatee English
- educational English
- educationalist English
- educative English
- extraductal English
- hepatoductal English
- induction English
- intraduct English
- intraductal English
- lipoduction English
- multiductal English
- panantigen English
- periductal English
- polyduct English
- postductal English
- preductal English
- resubdue English
- retroductal English
- subduable English
- subdual English
- subduct English
- subduer English
- team English
- transductal English
- way English
- work English
- *ductiō Latin
- abductus Latin
- abdūcō Latin
- adducere Latin
- adduco Latin
- adductio, adductionis Latin
- adductus Latin
- aquaeductus Latin
- conductor Latin
- conductus Latin
- condūcere Latin
- deductus Latin
- ducem Latin
- ductus Latin
- dux Latin
- dux, ducem Latin
- dux, ducis Latin
- dēdūcere Latin
- educo Latin
- induco Latin
- inductus Latin
- indūcere Latin
- intrōdūctiō Latin
- productio, productionem Latin
- productivus Latin
- prōductum Latin
- prōductus Latin
- prōdūcō Latin
- reductio, reductiōnem, reductiō Latin
- redux Latin
- redūcō Latin
- seductio Latin
- seductio, seductionem Latin
- subduco Latin
- subductio Latin
- subductus Latin
- subdūcō Latin
- sēdūcō Latin
- trans Latin
- trādūcō Latin
- ēducātiō Latin
- ēducātor Latin
- ēdūcere Latin
- Zug German
- zucken German
- -dotto Italian
- doccia Italian
- dotto Italian
- getogen Dutch, Flemish
- produceren Dutch, Flemish
- tokkelen Dutch, Flemish
- douche French
- *dew- Proto-Indo-European
- *dewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *dewk-s Proto-Indo-European
- *déwkti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁énteros Proto-Indo-European
- *taugijaną Proto-Germanic
- *taugungō Proto-Germanic
- *taugō Proto-Germanic
- *taumaz Proto-Germanic
- *taumijaną Proto-Germanic
- *teuh- Proto-Germanic
- *teuhaną Proto-Germanic
- *tiugiją Proto-Germanic
- *tuganaz Proto-Germanic
- *tugilaz Proto-Germanic
- *tugiz Proto-Germanic
- *tugnaną Proto-Germanic
- *tugą Proto-Germanic
- *tugōną Proto-Germanic
- *tuhtiz Proto-Germanic
- team Swedish
- ダクト Japanese
- tēman Old English
- tēman, tīeman Old English
- tēon Old English
- tīgende Old English
- hertoganafn Old Norse
- taumalag Old Norse
- teyging Old Norse
- tjúgari Old Norse
- togan Old Norse
- duchesse Old French
- dut Catalan, Valencian
- tog Icelandic
- getuge Middle Dutch
- overtugen Middle Dutch
- tog Faroese
- Zam Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- duq Albanian
- 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *harjatogō gmw-pro
- doito Old Portuguese
- *duk-o- Proto-Celtic
- tuch Middle Low German
- 덕트 Korean
- *doukō Proto-Italic
- *tukkōn Frankish
- team Western Frisian
- toch, tog German Low German
- ductus la-med
- way
- work
- team
- ducat
- ducal
- ductal
- ductus
- subduer
- subduct
- subdual
- ductway
- educate
- ductlike
- polyduct
- resubdue
- ductless
- aeroduct
- educatee
- educable
- ductwork
- intraduct
- preductal
- subduable
- ductiform
- induction
- educative
- educatable
- panantigen
- co-educate
- postductal
- periductal
- ductoscopy
- retroductal
- lipoduction
- transductal
- educational
- extraductal
- ductography
- acinoductal
- multiductal
- intraductal
- hepatoductal
- ductlessness
- educationalist