due

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English

Etymology

From Middle English dewe, dew, due, from Old French deü (“due”), past participle of devoir (“to owe”), from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”), from dē- (“from”) +‎ habeō (“I have”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: dyo͞o, jo͞o, IPA^(key): /djuː/, (yod-coalescence) /dʒuː/
• (US) enPR: do͞o, IPA^(key): /du/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: jo͞o, IPA^(key): /dʒʉː/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): (traditional) /dju/, /dɪu̯/; (more recent, yod-dropping) /du/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: dew; do, doo, doux, Doubs (yod-dropping); Jew, jew (yod-coalescence)

Adjective

due (comparative more due, superlative most due)

1. Owed or owing.

   Synonyms: needed, owing, to be made, required

2. Appropriate.
3. Scheduled; expected.

   Synonyms: expected, forecast
4. Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.

   Synonym: expected
5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
6. On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

due (comparative more due, superlative most due)

1. (used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.

Translations

Noun

due (plural dues)

1. Deserved acknowledgment.
2. (in the plural) A membership fee.
3. That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
4. Right; just title or claim.

Hyponyms

• light due

Derived terms

• give someone his due
• give the devil his due

Translations

Further reading

• “due”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “due”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “due”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Deu., edu

Bakumpai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha.

Numeral

due

1. two

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish dufæ, from Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ, cognate with Norwegian due, Swedish duva, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːə/, [ˈd̥uːu]
• Homophone: duge

Noun

due c (singular definite duen, plural indefinite duer)

1. pigeon, dove (Columbidae)
2. term of endearment for women

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

• “due” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Etymology

From du +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdue/
• Rhymes: -ue
• Hyphenation: du‧e

Adverb

due

1. secondly

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

Participle

due f sg

1. feminine singular of dû

Further reading

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

Ido

Etymology

From du (“two”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu̯e/

Adverb

due

1. both

   Synonym: ambe (neologism)

Italian

Alternative forms

• dui (archaic, literary)
• duo m or f (archaic, literary)

Etymology

From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.e/
• Rhymes: -ue
• Hyphenation: dù‧e

Numeral

due (invariable)

1. two

Noun

due m (invariable)

1. two

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: due

See also

Lutuv

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ɗua-I

Verb

due

1. to love

Middle English

Adjective

due

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

Noun

due

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

Musi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.e/

Numeral

due

1. Alternative form of dué (“two”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dúfa (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“hazy, unclear, dark; deep”). Cognate with Danish due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove. The sense “politician favouring conciliation” is a semantic loan from English dove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʉːə/
• Rhymes: -ʉːə
• Hyphenation: du‧e

Noun

due f or m (definite singular dua or duen, indefinite plural duer, definite plural duene)

1. (zoology) a dove or pigeon; culver (one of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species)
   1. (humorous, in the plural) a couple that is very much in love

      Synonym: turteldue

   2. (poetic) a dove (term of endearment for a woman one holds dearly)
   3. (figuratively) a symbol of peace and reconciliation

      fredens due ― dove of peace

      Synonym: fredsdue

   4. (politics) a dove (a person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict)
   5. (Christianity) a symbol of the Holy Spirit
2. (sports) a clay pigeon (a flying target used as moving target in sport shooting)

   Synonym: leirdue

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the pronoun du (“you”), from Old Norse þú (“you”), from Proto-Germanic *þū (“you”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).

Verb

due (passive dues, imperative du, present tense duer, simple past and past participle duet, present participle duende, verbal noun duing)

1. (colloquial, transitive) to say du (you) to someone

   Synonyms: dutte, duse

Etymology 3

Misspelling, or a dialectal form, of duge (“to help; be useful”), from Old Norse duga (“to help, aid; do, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą (“to be useful, avail”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰówgʰe (“to be productive”), from the root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce; be strong, have force”).

Verb

due

1. Misspelling of duge.

Etymology 4

From Italian due (“two”), from Latin duae, feminine plural of duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːə/
• Rhymes: -uːə
• Hyphenation: du‧e

Adverb

due

1. Only used in a due (“indicating two musicians or sections play together”)

References

• “due” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “due_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “due_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “due_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “duer” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Danish due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dʉːə/

Noun

due f (definite singular dua, indefinite plural duer, definite plural duene)

1. A bird of the family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves.

Derived terms

References

• “due” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Common contraction of du (“you (sing.)”) and e, colloquial pronunciation spelling of är (“are”).

Pronunciation

Contraction

due

1. (nonstandard, text messaging, Internet slang) ur, you're, you are

   due fett fin asså ― ur really good-looking y'know

   ja venne om due på ― I dunno if ur in