duo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.1.2 Related terms 1.2 See also 1.3 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension 4 French 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.3 Anagrams 5 Interlingua 5.1 Cardinal number 6 Italian 6.1 Noun 7 Latin 7.1 Alternative forms 7.2 Etymology 7.3 Pronunciation 7.4 Numeral 7.4.1 Usage notes 7.4.2 Inflection 7.4.3 Related terms 7.4.4 Derived terms 7.4.5 Descendants 7.4.6 See also 8 Mandarin 8.1 Adjective 8.2 Prefix 8.3 Measure Word 8.4 Pinyin syllable 8.4.1 Usage notes 9 Swedish 9.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

duo (plural duos)

1. A twosome, especially musicians

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• duet

[edit] See also

• trio

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: dou
• oud

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

duo n.

1. twosome

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

duo

1. duo, twosome

[edit] Declension

Declension of duo (type valo) singular plural nominative duo duot genitive duon duojen partitive duoa duoja accusative duo duon duot inessive duossa duoissa elative duosta duoista illative duoon duoihin adessive duolla duoilla ablative duolta duoilta allative duolle duoille essive duona duoina translative duoksi duoiksi instructive – duoin abessive duotta duoitta comitative – duoineen

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[edit] French

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dyo/

[edit] Noun

duo m.

1. duet (a musical composition for two performers)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: d'où

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Cardinal number

duo

1. two

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

duo m. inv.

1. duo
2. (music) duet

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[edit] Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

<  I	II	III   >
Cardinal : duo     Ordinal : secundus     Adverbial : bis     Multiplier : duplex     Distributive : bīnī
Latin Wikipedia article on duo

[edit] Alternative forms

• Symbol: II

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Ancient Greek δύο (duo), Sanskrit द्व (dvá) and Old English twā (English two).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈdu.o/
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[edit] Numeral

duo m. pl. (feminine duae, neuter duo); irregular

1. (cardinal) two; 2

   Dixit duas res ei rubori fuisse.

   He said that two things had abashed him.

   Si versus horum duorum poetarum neglegetis, magna parte litterarum carebitis.

   If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.

   Ne Hercules quidem adversus duos.

   Not even Hercules fights against two.

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See Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

[edit] Inflection

Irregular. (Note: the word "duo", by definition, has no singular.)

Number	Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	duo	duae	duo
genitive	duōrum	duārum	duōrum
dative	duōbus	duābus	duōbus
accusative	duōs / duo	duās	duo
ablative	duōbus	duābus	duōbus

[edit] Related terms

• duālis
• duplex
• duplicō
• duplus

[edit] Derived terms

• duabus sellis sedeo

[edit] Descendants

Catalan: dos Esperanto: du French: deux Galician: dous Interlingua: dua Italian: due

Novial: du Occitan: dos Portuguese: dois Romanian: doi Spanish: dos Walloon: deus

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• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

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[edit] Mandarin

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duo (Pinyin duō, traditional and simplified 多)

1. many; much; more

   zhe fen baozhi you hen duo guanggao. "This newspaper has a lot of advertisement."

   he tai duo kafei dui shenti bu hao. "To drink coffee too much is bad for health."

   women xuexiao de jianshenfang you hen duo tiyu qixie. "There're many sports apparatuses in the gymnasium of our school.

   zhe jian yiyuan li you hen duo bingren. (zhè jiàn yīyuàn li yǒu hěn duō bìngrén. 这间医院里有很多病人.) — There are many patients in this hospital.

   • Tangrenjie you hen duo Zhongguo fandian.

   there are many Chinese restaurants in Chinatown.

[edit] Prefix

duo (Pinyin duo1, traditional and simplified 多)

1. Alternative spelling of duo-.

[edit] Measure Word

duo (Pinyin duo3, traditional and simplified 朵)

1. a measure word (for flowers/clouds/etc.)
   • yi-duo dujuanhua

   An azalea (flower).

[edit] Pinyin syllable

duo

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, duō, duó, duǒ, or duò.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for duo	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	duo	duon	duor	duorna
Possessive form	duos	duons	duors	duornas

duo c.

1. duo, duet