dois

See also: Dois

Catalan

Noun

dois

1. plural of doi

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwa/

• Audio

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• Homophones: doigt, doigts, doit, doua, douas, douât
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

dois

1. first-person singular present indicative of devoir
2. second-person singular present indicative of devoir

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪ˠɔʃ]

Noun

dois m

1. genitive singular of dos

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dois	dhois	ndois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Portuguese

Portuguese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dois     Ordinal : segundo     Multiplier : dobro, duplo     Fractional : meio, metade
Portuguese Wikipedia article on dois

Alternative forms

• dous (obsolete)
• doys (obsolete)

Etymology

Earlier dous, from Old Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈdojs/, [ˈdoɪ̯s]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /ˈdojs/, [ˈdoɪ̯s]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio) /ˈdojʃ/, [ˈdoɪ̯ʃ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈdojʃ/, [ˈdoɪ̯ʃ]

• Hyphenation: dois

Adjective

dois m (feminine duas)

2. two (2)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dois.

Derived terms

• Dois Irmãos
• Dois Lajeados
• Dois Vizinhos

Noun

dois m (plural dois)

2. two (the numerical value 2 or something with the value of two)
   2. (card games) deuce (card with two spots)
   4. deuce (side of a die with two spots)
4. two (the character or digit ‘2’)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dois.

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, joker, coringa, curinga

• ambos
• dobro
• dublo

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• deles (colloquial)
• des (colloquial)
• deses (colloquial)
• dethes (colloquial)
• deuthum (literary)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /dɔi̯s/
  • (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /dɔi̯ʃ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɔi̯s/

Verb

dois

1. (colloquial) first-person singular preterite of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dois	ddois	nois	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.