duo

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English

Etymology

From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of two, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdjuː.əʊ/, /ˈdʒuː.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.oʊ/, /ˈdju.oʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːəʊ

Noun

duo (plural duos)

1. Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together.
2. Any pair of people.
3. Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.
4. A meal with two paired components.

5. A song in two parts; a duet.

Synonyms

• (pair of two people): couple, pair, twosome; see also Thesaurus:duo

Derived terms

Related terms

• duet

Translations

See also

• trio
• quartet
• Thesaurus:number

Anagrams

• udo, oud, ODU

Central Dusun

Alternative forms

• duwo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

duo

1. two

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduo]
• Hyphenation: duo

Noun

duo n

1. duet

   Synonym: duet

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• “duo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “duo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdy(ʋ)oː/
• Hyphenation: duo

Noun

duo n (plural duo's, diminutive duootje n)

1. twosome

Synonyms

• tweetal

Derived terms

Related terms

• duet

Anagrams

• oud

Esperanto

Etymology

From du +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduo]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: du‧o

Noun

duo (accusative singular duon, plural duoj, accusative plural duojn)

1. twosome, pair, couple

   Synonyms: duopo, paro

2. the digit or figure two

See also

Finnish

Etymology

< Italian duo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu(ː)o/, [ˈdu(ː)o̞]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation^(key): duo

Noun

duo

1. duo (twosome of musicians performing together)
2. Synonym of kaksikko (“twosome, pair”) (often with a modifier)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “duo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian duo. Doublet of deux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɥo/

Noun

duo m (plural duos)

1. duo (combination of two things)
2. (music) duet (a musical composition for two performers)

Descendants

• → Romanian: duo

See also

• solo, trio

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• d’où

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duo (“two”).

Numeral

duo

1. two

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duo (“two”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.o/
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: dù‧o

Numeral

duo (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of due

Noun

duo m (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of due
2. duo

   Synonym: duetto

3. (music) duet

   Synonym: duetto

Related terms

• due

Descendants

• → English: duo
• → Finnish: duo
• → French: duo
  • → Romanian: duo
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: duo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: duo
• → Polish: duo
• → Portuguese: duo
• → Swedish: duo

Further reading

• Prose della volgar lingua[2], 3.II

Anagrams

• udo-

Latin

Alternative forms

• Symbol: II

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (which was inflected as a dual). Cognates include Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Old Church Slavonic дъва (dŭva), and Old English twā (whence English two).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.o/, [ˈd̪uɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.o/, [ˈd̪uːo]

Numeral

duo (feminine duae, neuter duo); numeral, plural only

1. two; 2

Usage notes

• See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers.

Declension

Numeral, plural only.

Note: The masculine and neuter genitive of duo can alternatively be duum (also spelt duûm).

Derived terms

• duabus sellis sedeo

Related terms

Descendants

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• “duo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “duo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• duo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• duo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.

Mandarin

Romanization

duo (duo⁵／duo⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄨㄛ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𦕰

duo

1. Nonstandard spelling of duō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of duó.
3. Nonstandard spelling of duǒ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of duò.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. False cognate of Latin duo.

Numeral

duo

1. two

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian duo.

Noun

duo m (definite singular duoen, indefinite plural duoer, definite plural duoene)

1. a duo (a group of two entertainers, or a piece of music for two musical instruments (also known as a duet))

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian duo.

Noun

duo m (definite singular duoen, indefinite plural duoar, definite plural duoane)

1. a duo (as above)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian duo, from Latin duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of dwa (“two”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ɔ/
• Rhymes: -uɔ
• Syllabification: du‧o

Noun

duo n (indeclinable)

1. (music) duo (group of two musicians)

   Synonym: duet

2. (music) duo (piece of music written for two musicians)

   Synonym: duet

3. duo (group of two people or things)

   Synonym: duet

Further reading

• duo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian duo.

Pronunciation

Noun

duo m (plural duos)

1. duo

   Synonym: dupla

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French duo.

Noun

duo n (plural duouri)

1. duet

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian duo.

Noun

duo c

1. a duo

Declension

See also

• bisittare
• duett
• följeslagare
• parhäst
• radarpar
• vapendragare

References

• duo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• duo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• duo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Etymology

du (“black”) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɨː.ɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ɔ/

Verb

duo (first-person singular present duaf)

1. (intransitive)
   1. to become black, to blacken (also figuratively)
   2. to grow dark

      Synonym: nosi

2. (transitive) to make black, to blacken (also figuratively)

Conjugation

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “duo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

duo

1. two

Yoruba

Etymology

Contraction of dúró.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dú.ó/

Verb

dúó

1. (Ondo) Ondo form of dúró (“to wait”)