dos

See also DoS, and DOS

English

Alternative forms

• do's

Pronunciation

• IPA: /duːz/

Noun

dos

1. Plural form of do

Anagrams

• dso, DSO, ods, ODS, SDO, sod

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Aragonese

Numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two

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Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dos     Ordinal : segundu

Etymology

From Latin duo.

Numeral

dos (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) two

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dos/, X-SAMPA: /dos/
• Rhymes: -os

Etymology 1

From Latin duōs, accusative form of duo (“two”).

Numeral

Catalan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dos     Ordinal : segon     Multiplier : doble
Catalan Wikipedia article on dos

dos m (feminine dues)

1. (cardinal) two

Derived terms

• sabràs dos i dos quants fan

Noun

dos m (plural dosos)

1. two

Etymology 2

Plural of do.

Noun

dos

1. Plural form of do

Etymology 3

From Latin dorsum (“back”).

Noun

dos m (plural dossos)

1. Archaic form of dors.

Derived terms

• tocar el dos

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Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dos, from de + os.

Preposition

dos m pl (singular dos, feminine da, feminine plural das)

1. contraction of de (“of”) + os (“the”)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     Esti términu Mañegu, o mais pequenu dos tres, formaba parti, con términus de Vilamel i Trevellu, da pruvincia de Salamanca hasta o anu 1833 […]

     This San Martinese locality, the smallest of the three, formed, along with the Vilamen and Trevejo localities, the Salamanca province until the year 1833 […]

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French

Etymology

Latin dorsum. Compare Romansch dies and Romanian dos (from Vulgar Latin *dossum).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /do/, X-SAMPA: /do/

Noun

dos m (plural dos)

1. back (of a person)
2. (in the plural) backs (of persons)
3. backstroke

Antonyms

• tranchant

Related terms

• adosser
• dorsal
• dos crawlé
• dossier
• faire le gros dos

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Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + masculine plural definite article os (“the”). Akin to Portuguese dos (de + os).

Contraction

dos m pl (masculine do, feminine da, feminine plural das)

1. of the; from the

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [d̪ˠɔsˠ]

Noun

dos m (genitive dois, nominative plural dosanna)

1. tuft

Declension

Declension of dos

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dos dosanna Vocative a dhois a dhosanna Genitive dois dosanna Dative dos dosanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dos na dosanna Genitive an dois na ndosanna Dative leis an dos don dos leis na dosanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dos	dhos	ndos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m (plural dos)

1. (anatomy) back (of a person)

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling דוס)

1. two

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Latin

Noun

dōs (genitive dōtis); f, third declension

1. dowry
2. gift, endowment, talent

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	dōs	dōtēs
genitive	dōtis	dōtum
dative	dōtī	dōtibus
accusative	dōtem	dōtēs
ablative	dōte	dōtibus
vocative	dōs	dōtēs

Descendants

• Dalmatian: duauta
• French dot
• Italian: dota, dote
• Portuguese: dote
• Spanish dote

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Latvian

Verb

dos

1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of dot
2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of dot

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Malaccan Creole Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese dois, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two

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Malay

Noun

dos

1. dose

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Old French

Noun

dos m (oblique plural dos, nominative singular dos, nominative plural dos)

1. (anatomy) back

Descendants

• French: dos

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Portuguese

Contraction

dos

1. contraction of de + os; of the

   dos Santos

   of the Saints

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Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum. Compare French dos and Romansch dies.

Noun

dos n (plural dosuri)

1. back (anat)
2. bottom, behind, buttocks (anat)
3. reverse
4. backside, rear
5. tails (on a coin)

Synonyms

• (1) spate
• (2) fund

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Spanish

Spanish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dos     Ordinal : segundo     Multiplier : doble

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɔs/, X-SAMPA: /dOs/

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative of duo, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Ancient Greek δύο (duo), Old English twa (English two), Persian دو.

Cardinal numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two

Related terms

• dos puntos

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

dos c

1. dose (of medication)

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Walloon

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m

1. (anatomy) back