deux
French
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Cardinal: deux Ordinal: deuxième, second Ordinal abbreviation: 2e, 2d, (nonstandard) 2ème Multiplier: double Fractional: demi, moitié | ||
French Wikipedia article on 2 |
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle French deux, from Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation
Numeral
deux (invariable)
Derived terms
- à deux balles
- à deux pas
- à deux vitesses
- comme pas deux
- de deux
- de deux choses l’une
- de deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre
- de mes deux
- deux avis valent mieux qu’un
- deux cents
- deux paires
- deux poids et deux mesures
- deux points
- deux précautions valent mieux qu’une
- en deux temps trois mouvements
- en moins de deux
- entre deux âges
- entre deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre
- jamais deux sans trois
- ne pas se le faire dire deux fois
- pas pour deux sous
- plutôt deux fois qu’une
- tous deux
- tous les deux
- un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras
- y regarder à deux fois
See also
Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) | ||||||
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as | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept |
huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Further reading
- “deux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French deus.
Pronunciation
Numeral
deux (invariable)
Descendants
- French: deux
Norman
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Cardinal : deux | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Numeral
deux
Derived terms
- deûxième (“second”)
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