dos

Alternative forms

• do's

Pronunciation

In dos and don'ts:

• IPA^(key): /duːz/

In music:

• (US) IPA^(key): /doʊz/

Noun

dos

1. plural of do

Anagrams

• DSO, OD's, ODS, OSD, SDO, SOD, SoD, dso, ods, sod

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative form of duo.

Numeral

dos (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) two

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan dos, from Latin duōs, accusative form of duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Old Catalan dos, from Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum (“back”). Compare dors, a borrowed doublet.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dos, from de + os.

Preposition

dos m pl (singular dos, feminine da, feminine plural das)

1. contraction of de (“of”) + os (“the”)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     Esti términu Mañegu, o mais pequenu dos tres, formaba parti, con términus de Vilamel i Trevellu, da pruvincia de Salamanca hasta o anu 1833 […]

     This San Martinese locality, the smallest of the three, formed, along with the Vilamen and Trevejo localities, the Salamanca province until the year 1833 […]

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Latin dorsum (through a Vulgar Latin *dossum). Compare Romansch dies, Italian dosso, and Romanian dos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do/

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Noun

dos m (plural dos)

1. (anatomy) back (of a person)
2. (in the plural) backs (of persons)
3. backstroke

Further reading

• “dos” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + masculine plural definite article os (“the”). Akin to Portuguese dos (de + os).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ʊs̺/

Contraction

dos m pl (masculine do, feminine da, feminine plural das)

1. of the; from the

Etymology

From Old Irish doss (“bush, thicket, tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʌsˠ/

Noun

dos m (genitive singular dois, nominative plural dosanna)

1. tuft

Mutation

Etymology

From Portuguese dois, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling דוס‎)

1. (cardinal) two

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis, from the root *deh₃- (“give”).

Cognate with Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /doːs/

Noun

dōs f (genitive dōtis); third declension

1. dowry
2. gift, endowment, talent

References

• dos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dos in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give a dowry to one's daughter: dotem filiae dare
    
• dos in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dos in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Verb

dos

1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of dot
2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of dot

Noun

dos (plural dos-dos)

1. dose

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːs/

Verb

dos

1. second-person singular imperative of mynet

Mutation

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m (plural dos)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) back (of a person)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m (oblique plural dos, nominative singular dos, nominative plural dos)

1. (anatomy) back

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

1. two (2)

Etymology

From Portuguese dois and Spanish dos and Kabuverdianu dos.

Numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two (2)

Alternative forms

• d'os (dated)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dus/, /ˈdos/

Contraction

dos

1. Contraction of de os.; of the; from the (masculine plural)

   dos Santos

   of the Saints

See also

• do (singular form)
• das (feminine form)
• da (singular feminine form)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum. Compare French dos and Romansch dies.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -os

Noun

dos n (plural dosuri)

1. back
2. bottom, behind, buttocks
3. reverse
4. backside, rear
5. tails (on a coin)

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), Old English twa (English two), Persian دو‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dos/, [d̪os]

Numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

dos c

1. dose (of medication)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dos/

Numeral

dos

1. two

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m

1. (anatomy) back

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːs/

Verb

dos

1. (literary, North Wales) second-person singular imperative of mynd

Mutation