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two

See also: two-, twò, tw@, and TWO

Translingual

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Signal flag for the digit 2

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English two.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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two

  1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 2.
    Synonym: bissotwo (ITU/IMO)


ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes
Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Mike
November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner) hundred thousand decimal
ICAO/NATO vs ITU/IMO radiotelephonic clear codes for digits
ICAO/NATO zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner)
ITU/IMO nadazero unaone bissotwo terrathree kartefour pantafive soxisix setteseven oktoeight novenine

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  1. ^ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, 2001 October, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

English

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English numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: two
    Ordinal: second
    Abbreviated ordinal: 2nd
    Latinate ordinal: secondary
    Reverse order ordinal: second to last, second from last, last but one
    Latinate reverse order ordinal: penultimate
    Adverbial: two times, twice
    Multiplier: twofold
    Latinate multiplier: double
    Distributive: doubly
    Germanic collective: pair, twosome
    Collective of n parts: doublet, couple, couplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: dyad
    Metric collective prefix: double-
    Greek collective prefix: di-, duo-
    Latinate collective prefix: bi-
    Fractional: half
    Metric fractional prefix: demi-
    Latinate fractional prefix: semi-
    Greek fractional prefix: hemi-
    Elemental: twin, doublet
    Greek prefix: deutero-
    Number of musicians: duo, duet, duplet
    Number of years: biennium

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Etymology

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PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Middle English two, twa, from Old English twā, feminine and neuter of twēġen (whence twain), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Cognate with Scots twa (“two”); North Frisian tou, tuu (“two”); Saterland Frisian twäin, two (“two”); West Frisian twa (“two”); Dutch twee (“two”); Low German twee, twei (“two”); German zwei, zwo (“two”); Danish and Norwegian to (“two”); Swedish två, tu (“two”); Icelandic tvö (“two”); Faroese tvey (“two”); Latin duō (“two”); Ancient Greek δύο (dúo, “two”); Irish dhá (“two”); Lithuanian dù (“two”); Russian два (dva, “two”); Albanian dy (“two”); Old Armenian երկու (erku, “two”); Sanskrit द्व (dvá, “two”); Tocharian A wu, Tocharian B wi. Doublet of duo. See also twain.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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two

  1. A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••).
  2. Describing a set or group with two elements.
    • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:
      “ […] The two murders might have been done by one of the ryots who was dissatisfied over his assessment and thought he had a grievance. […].”
    • 2023 July 24, Chris Eberhart, “NY police used AI to track drivers on highways as attorney questions legality”, in Fox News‎[2]:
      The surveillance program includes at least 480 LPRs that scan and record about 16.2 million vehicles per week and stores that data for two years, he wrote in the court filing.

Derived terms

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Terms derived from two (numeral)

Descendants

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  • Solombala English: ту (tu)

Translations

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Noun

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two (plural twos)

  1. The digit/figure 2.
    The number 2202 contains three twos.
  2. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
  3. A child aged two.
    This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
  4. A playing card featuring two pips.
    Synonym: deuce
  5. Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
  6. (film) Short for two shot.

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Descendants

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  • → Russian: туз (tuz, “two-oar dinghy”)

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Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
             
ace deuce, two three, trey four, cater five, cinque six seven
             
eight nine ten jack, knave queen king joker

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Middle English

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Middle English numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: two, twei
    Ordinal: secunde
    Adverbial: twie, twies
    Multiplier: twofold

Alternative forms

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  • tuo, (Early ME, Northern ME) twa

Etymology

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From Old English twā, feminine of twēġen.

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two

  1. two
    • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:
      Gif tƿa men oþer ·iii· coman ridend to an tun · al þe tunſcipe flugæn foꝛ heom. ƿenden ð hi ƿæron ræuereſ.
      If two or three men came riding into a town, the whole town ran away from them, concluding that they were robbers.
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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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two

  1. feminine of twäin
  2. neuter of twäin

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “two”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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