deux

French

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation) II

Etymology

From Middle French deux, from Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dø/

• audio

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• Rhymes: -ø

Numeral

French numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: deux     Ordinal: deuxième, second     Multiplier: double     Fractional: demi, moitié

deux

1. two

Noun

deux m (plural deux)

1. two
2. (in the plural) twos

Derived terms

• tous les deux

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French deus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (in isolation) /døs/, (before a vowel) /døz/, (before a consonant) /dø/

Numeral

deux (invariable)

1. two

Descendants

• French: deux

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Norman

Norman cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : deux

Alternative forms

• daeux (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

  (file)

Numeral

deux

1. (Jersey) two

Derived terms

• deûxième (“second”)