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Singular
duo

Plural
duos

duo (plural duos)

  1. A twosome, especially musicians

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duo n.

  1. twosome

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duo

  1. duo, twosome

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duo m.

  1. duet (a musical composition for two performers)


This French entry was created from the translations listed at duet. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see duo in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) December 2008

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duo

  1. two

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duo m. inv.

  1. duo
  2. (music) duet

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

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  • Symbol: II

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

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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

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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

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duo (Pinyin duō, traditional and simplified )

  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.
    there are many Chinese restaurants in Chinatown.

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duo (Pinyin duo1, traditional and simplified )

  1. Alternative spelling of duo-.

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duo (Pinyin duo3, traditional and simplified )

  1. a measure word (for flowers/clouds/etc.)
    An azalea (flower).

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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.

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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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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