two

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**English cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : two Ordinal : second Adverbial : twice Multiplier : double
English Wikipedia article on two

[edit] Etymology

Old English twā, feminine of twēġen (English twain), from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwó.

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: to͞o, IPA: /tuː/, SAMPA: /tu:/
(US) enPR: to͞o, IPA: /tu/, SAMPA: /tu/
Audio (US)^{help, file}
Rhymes: -uː

Homophones: to, too

[edit] Cardinal number

two

Arabic numerals: 2
Chinese numerals: 貳, 二
Roman numerals: II, ii (Unicode: Ⅱ, ⅱ)
- Previous: one, 1
- Next: three, 3

The cardinality of the set {0, 1}; one plus one. This many: ••. Ordinal: second.
Describing a set or group with two components.

[edit] Translations

one plus one

American Sign Language:
Amharic: ሁለት (hulät) (numeral: ፪)
Amuzgo: bè
Arabic: اثنان (’iθnān), اثنين (’iθnēn) (numeral: ٢)

Egyptian: اتنين (’itneen)

Moroccan: جوج (žūž)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܬܪܝܢ (trēn) m., ܬܪܬܝܢ (tartēn) f.

Hebrew: תרין (trēn) m., תרתין (tartēn) f.
Armenian: երկու hy(hy) (erku), երկուս hy(hy) (erkus)
Assamese: দুই (dui)
Aymara: paya
Azeri: iki az(az)
Basque: bi
Bengali: দুই (dui)

(numeral: ২)

Bosnian: dva bs(bs)
Breton: daou m., div f.
Bulgarian: две bg(bg) (dve)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ၂)
Catalan: dos ca(ca) m., dues ca(ca) f.
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⵉⵏ (sin) m.

Chamicuro: ma'pojta

Cherokee: ᏔᎵ (tali)
Chinese:

Standard Chinese (Mandarin): 二, 两 (èr, liǎng) (numeral: 貳)

Bai: 二 (ko)

Cantonese: 二, 两 (yi6)

Teochew: ri6, no6

Eastern Hokkien (Min Dong) 二 (lang)

Northern Hokkien (Min Bei) 二 (ni)

Gan: 二 (ě)

Wu: 二 (lia)
Cornish: dew m., diw f.
Crimean Tatar: eki
Croatian: dvȃ hr(hr)
Czech: dva, dvě
Danish: to da(da)
Dena'ina: nutiha
Dutch: twee nl(nl)
Erzya: кавто (kavto)
Esperanto: du (1), dua (2)
Estonian: kaks et(et)
Faroese: tveir fo(fo) m., tvær fo(fo) f., tvey fo(fo) n.

Archaic: tvá m., tógva m.
Fijian: rua
Finnish: kaksi fi(fi)
French: deux fr(fr)
Ga: enyɔ̃, enyɔ
Galician: dous
Garífuna: biñá, biama, bián
Georgian: ორი (ori)
German: zwei de(de), zwo de(de)
Greek: δύο (dýo)
Guaraní: mokõi
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ૨)
Hawaiian: lua
Hebrew: שתיים (štáyim) f. (used for numbering), שניים (šnáyim) m.
Hindi: दो (do) (numeral: २)
Hungarian: kettő hu(hu), két hu(hu)
Icelandic: tveir is(is) m., tvær is(is) f., tvö is(is) n.
Ido: du
Ilocano: dua
Indonesian: dua id(id)
Interlingua: duo
Irish: dó, (when counting objects) dhá, (when counting people) beirt
Italian: due it(it)
Japanese: 二 (に, ni), 二つ (ふたつ, futatsú), ２ ja(ja)
Kalaallisut: marluk
Kannada: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ೨)
Karachay-Balkar: эки (eki)

Karelian: kaksi
Kazakh: екі kk(kk) (eki)
Khmer: ពីរ (pī) (numeral: ២)
Komi: кык (kyk)
Korean: 둘 (dul) / 두 (du); 이 (二, i)

Kurdish: du ku(ku), دو ku(ku)
Lao: ສອງ lo(lo) (sööng) (numeral: ໒)
Latin: duo m. and n.; duae f.
Latvian: divi lv(lv)
Lithuanian: du lt(lt) m., dvi lt(lt) f.
Livonian: kakš
Lojban: re
Macedonian: два mk(mk) (dva)
Malagasy: roa
Malayalam: രണ്ട് ml(ml)
Maltese: tnejn
Manchu: juwe
Manx: daa, ghaa
Maori: rua mi(mi)
Mapudungun: epu
Marathi: दोन (dona)
Mari: кокыт (kokyt)
Maricopa: xvikk
Marshallese: ruo
Mongolian: хоёр (khoyor), ᠬᠣᠶᠠᠷ (qoyar) (numeral: ᠒)
Nahuatl: ome
Navajo: naaki

Norwegian: to no(no)
Novial: du
O'odham: go:k
Occitan: dos
Old English: twēġen m., twā f/n
Oriya: ଦୁଇ (dui) (numeral: ୨)
Persian: دو (do) (numeral: ۲)
Polish: dwa pl(pl)
Portuguese: dois pt(pt) m., duas pt(pt) f.
Punjabi: ਦੋ (dō) (numeral: ੨)
Rohingya: dui
Romani: dui
Romanian: doi ro(ro) m., două ro(ro) f.
Russian: два ru(ru) (dva) m. and n., две ru(ru) (dve) f., двое ru(ru) (dvóje) (collective)
Sami: guokte
Sanskrit: द्वि (dvi)
Saterland Frisian: two

Scots: twa

Scottish Gaelic: dà (before nouns), dhà (free-standing)
Serbian:

Cyrillic: два sr(sr)

Roman: dva
Sindhi: ٻَه (ba)
Sinhala: දෙක (dheka)
Slovak: dvaja sk(sk), dva sk(sk), dve sk(sk)
Slovene: dve, dva
Spanish: dos es(es)
Swedish: två sv(sv)
Tachelhit: sin m.

, snat f.

Tagalog: dalawá
Tamil: இரண்டு ta(ta) (iraṇṭu) (numeral: ௨)
Taos: wí’iną
Tatar: ике tt(tt), ike tt(tt)
Telugu: రెండు (remddu) (numeral: ౨)
Tetum: rua
Thai: สอง (sááwng) (numeral: ๒)
Tibetan: གཉིས (gnyis)

(numeral: ༢)

Tok Pisin: tupela
Tupinambá: mokõî
Turkish: iki tr(tr)
Tzutujil: ka’i
Ukrainian: два uk(uk) (dva) m., дві (dvi) f., двоє (dvóje, collective), двійко (dvíjko, colloquial), двієчко (dvíječko, colloquial diminutive)
Urdu: دو (do)
Veps: kakś
Vietnamese: hai vi(vi)
Volapük: tel
Votic: kahsi / кахси
Võro: katś
Walloon: deus
Welsh: dau cy(cy) m., dwy cy(cy) f.
West Frisian: twa
Western Apache: naki
Yiddish: צוויי yi(yi) (tsvey)

set or group with two components

Finnish: pari fi(fi)

Lithuanian: dvejeri lt(lt) m., dvejerios lt(lt) f.

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Swahili: mbili

[edit] Noun

Singular
two

Plural
twos

two (plural twos)

The digit/figure 2.

The number 2202 contains three twos.
(US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
A child aged two.

This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.

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[edit] Translations

digit or figure

Armenian: երկու hy(hy) (erku), երկուս hy(hy) (erkus)
Bosnian: dvojka bs(bs) f.
Catalan: dos ca(ca) m.
Chinese: 二 (èr)
Croatian: dvojka hr(hr) f.
Czech: dvojka cs(cs) f.
Danish: total da(da) n.
Dutch: twee nl(nl) f.
Esperanto: du eo(eo)
Estonian: kaks et(et)
Faroese: tveytal n.
Finnish: kakkonen fi(fi)
French: deux m. or pl.
German: Zwei de(de) f.
Hebrew: שתיים he(he) (shtáyim) f.
Hungarian: kettő hu(hu)
Interlingua: duo, duos pl.
Italian: due m. or pl.

Japanese: 二 (に, ni)
Lithuanian: dvejetas lt(lt) m.
Macedonian: двојка mk(mk) (dvójka) f.
Persian: دو (do)
Polish: dwójka pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: dois pt(pt) m., duas pt(pt) m.
Romanian: doi ro(ro) m.
Russian: двойка ru(ru) (dvójka) f.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: двојка f.

Roman: dvojka f.
Slovene: dvojka sl(sl) f.
Spanish: dos es(es) m.
Swedish: tvåa sv(sv) c.
Tok Pisin: tu
Ukrainian: двійка uk(uk) (dvíjka) f.
Welsh: dau cy(cy) m., dwy cy(cy) f.

two-dollar bill

Dutch: biljet van twee dollar n.
Faroese: tveydollaraseðil m.
Finnish: kahden dollarin seteli fi(fi)
French: billet de deux dollars m.
German: Zweier m., Zweidollarschein m.

Italian: biglietto da due dollari m., bancanota da due dollari f.
Portuguese: cédula de dois dólares f., nota de dois dólares f.
Russian: двухдолларовка (dvuxdollaróvka) f., двухрублёвка (dvuxrubljóvka) f.
Swedish: tvådollarssedel c.

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[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /tvo/

[edit] Numeral

two

two

two

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