duo

Etymology

From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Cognate to two from Proto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdjuː.əʊ/, /ˈdʒuː.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.oʊ/, /ˈdju.oʊ/

Noun

duo (plural duos)

1. Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together.
2. Any pair of two people.
3. Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.
4. A song in two parts; a duet.
   • 2009, Roger T. Dean, The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music

     I noticed early on, in playing a duo with a violinist, that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.

See also

• trio
• quartet

Anagrams

• oud

Noun

duo n

1. duet

Related terms

• duál
• dualita
• duální
• dualismus
• dualista
• dualistický

Further reading

• duo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• duo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdy(ʋ)oː/

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• Hyphenation: duo

Noun

duo n (plural duo's, diminutive duootje n)

1. twosome

Anagrams

• oud

Etymology

From du +‎ -o.

Noun

duo (accusative singular duon, plural duoj, accusative plural duojn)

1. twosome, pair, couple

See also

Playing cards in Esperanto · ludkartoj (layout · text)
aso	duo	trio	kvaro	kvino	seso	sepo
oko	naŭo	deko	fanto, bubo	damo	reĝo	ĵokero

Noun

duo

1. duo, twosome

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian duo. Doublet of deux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɥo/

Noun

duo m (plural duos)

1. duo (combination of two things)
2. (music) duet (a musical composition for two performers)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• d'où

Numeral

duo

1. two

Etymology

From Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.o/, [ˈd̪uːo]
• Hyphenation: dù‧o

Numeral

duo

1. Obsolete form of due.

Adjective

duo m, f (invariable)

1. Obsolete form of due.

Noun

duo m (invariable)

1. Obsolete form of due.
2. duo
3. (music) duet

Alternative forms

• Symbol: II

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), Sanskrit द्व (dvá) and Old English twā (English two).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.o/, [ˈdʊ.ɔ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.o/, [ˈduː.o]

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Numeral

duo m pl (feminine duae, neuter duo); irregular

1. two; 2
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 45

     Dixit duas res ei rubori fuisse.

     He said that two things had abashed him.

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Zacharias.4.12

     et respondi secundo et dixi ad eum quid sunt duae spicae olivarum quae sunt iuxta duo rostra aurea in quibus sunt suffusoria ex auro

     And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

   • 1500, Desiderius Erasmus, Adagia

     Ne Hercules quidem adversus duos.

     "Not even Hercules fights against two."

References

• duo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• duo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• duo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• duo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to divide into two factions: in duas partes discedere (Sall. Iug. 13. 1)
    
  • to form two legions: efficere duas legiones
    

Romanization

duo (Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄨㄛ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 𦕰

duo

1. Nonstandard spelling of duō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of duó.
3. Nonstandard spelling of duǒ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of duò.

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

duo

1. (cardinal) two

Noun

duo m (definite singular duoen, indefinite plural duoer, definite plural duoene)

1. a duo (a group of two entertainers, or a piece of music for two musical instruments (also known as a duet))

Noun

duo m (definite singular duoen, indefinite plural duoar, definite plural duoane)

1. a duo (as above)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian duo.

Noun

duo m (plural duos)

1. duo

Noun

duo c

1. duo, duet

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

duo

1. (cardinal) two