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deux

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French

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French numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: deux
    Ordinal: deuxième, second
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2e, 2d, (nonstandard) 2ème, (nonstandard) 2nd
    Multiplier: double
    Fractional: demi, moitié

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle French deux, from Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative plural of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

    Pronunciation

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    Numeral

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    deux (invariable)

    1. two

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Guianese Creole:
    • Haitian Creole: de
    • Louisiana Creole: de,
    • Mauritian Creole: de
    • Réunion Creole French:

    See also

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    Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
    as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
    huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

    References

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    1. ^ “Il est deux heures pronunciation”, in Forvo pronunciation dictionary, 12 April 2023 (last accessed)
    2. ^ French phonology, Liaison”, in Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, 12 April 2023 (last accessed)

    Further reading

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    Middle French

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    Etymology

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      From Old French deus.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): (in isolation) /døs/, (before a vowel) /døz/, (before a consonant) /dø/

      Numeral

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      deux (invariable)

      1. two

      Descendants

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      Norman

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      Norman numbers (edit)
      20[a], [b]
      [a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → [a], [b]
          Cardinal (continental): deux
          Cardinal (Guernsey): daeux
          Cardinal (Jersey): déeus

      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      From Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

      Pronunciation

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      Numeral

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      deux

      1. (Jersey) two

      Derived terms

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