deux

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /dø/

• audio

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• Rhymes: -ø
• Rhymes: -ə

Alternative formsEdit

• (abbreviation) II

NumeralEdit

French cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : deux     Ordinal : deuxième
French Wikipedia article on deux

deux

1. two

NounEdit

deux m (plural deux)

1. two
2. (in the plural) twos

Derived termsEdit

• tous les deux

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

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

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French deus.

NumeralEdit

deux (invariable)

1. two

DescendantsEdit

• French: deux

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NormanEdit

Norman cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : deux

Alternative formsEdit

• daeux (Guernsey)

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (Jersey)

  (file)

NumeralEdit

deux

1. (Jersey) two

Derived termsEdit

• deûxième (“second”)