dous

See also: doûs

Breton

Adjective

dous

1. sweet

Champenois

Numeral

dous

1. two

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

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[a], [b], [c], [d], [e] ←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal (standard / feminine): dúas     Cardinal (reintegrationist / feminine): duas     Cardinal (masculine): dous     Ordinal: segundo     Ordinal abbreviation: 2º     Multiplier (standard): (noun) dobre     Multiplier (reintegrationist): (noun) dobro     Multiplier: (adjective) duplo     Fractional (standard): (adjective) medio     Fractional (reintegrationist): (adjective) meio     Fractional: (noun) metade
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs. Cognate with Portuguese dois and Spanish dos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdows/ [ˈd̪ows̺]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ows
• Hyphenation: dous

Numeral

dous m (feminine dúas)
dous m (feminine duas, reintegrationist norm)

1. two

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “dous”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “dous”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dous”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dous”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dous”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Leonese

Etymology

From Old Leonese dos, from Latin duōs.

Numeral

dous m (feminine dúas)

1. two

References

• “dous”, in Pallabreiru Llïonés [Leonese Dictionary] (in Spanish), 2026

Mirandese

Mirandese numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: dous     Ordinal: segundo     Multiplier: dobre

Etymology

From Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Numeral

dous m (feminine dues)

1. two

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin dulcem.

Adjective

dous m (oblique and nominative feminine singular douse)

1. soft (not hard)
2. (by extension) soft, tender

Derived terms

• dulcement

Descendants

• French: doux
  • → Luxembourgish: duuss
• Norman: doux
• → Middle English: douce, douse, dowce, dowse
  • English: douce
  • Scots: douce

Etymology 2

See deus.

Noun

dous m

1. alternative form of deus (two)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Old Galician-Portuguese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dous

Etymology

Inherited from Latin duōs (“two”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdows̺/

Numeral

dous (feminine duas)

1. two (2)

Descendants

• Fala: dois
• Galician: dous
• Portuguese: dois, dous (dated), doys (obsolete)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "dous"

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dulcis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duws/

Adjective

dous m (feminine singular dousa, masculine plural dous, feminine plural dousas)

1. soft (not hard)
2. (by extension) soft, tender, sweet

Derived terms

• dousamen

Descendants

• Occitan: doç

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w)s/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w)s/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w)ʃ/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w)ʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w)ʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdowʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ows, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -owʃ, (Brazil) -os, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃ
• Hyphenation: dous

Numeral

dous (feminine duas)

1. dated form of dois

Descendants

• Macanese: (probably through Indo-Portuguese and/or Kristang) dôs

Further reading

• “dous”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dous”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026