dous

See also: doûs

Breton

Adjective

dous

1. sweet

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Galician

Galician cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dous     Ordinal : segundo
Galician Wikipedia article on Dous

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

dous m (feminine dúas)

1. two

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Numeral

dous

1. two

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin dulcis, 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
• Norman: doux

Etymology 2

See deus.

Noun

dous m

1. Alternative form of deus (two)

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dulcis, dulcem.

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

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Portuguese

Adjective

dous m pl (feminine duas)

1. Obsolete form of dois.