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Translingual
Glyph origin
A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari २ (2)), from a cursive form of two lines to represent the number two. See 2 § Evolution for more.
Symbol
2 (prev 1, next 3)
- The cardinal number two.
- A digit in the decimal system of numbering, as well as octal, and hexadecimal.
- A rotational symmetry element in the Hermann-Mauguin notation, indicating a rotation over π (twofold axis).
- (mathematics) The two-element Boolean algebra, two-point discrete space or a (canonical) two-element set.
- (superscript) The square of a number or a unit.
- m2 stands for square meter.
- n2 is usually pronounced as "n squared".
- (phonetics, often superscript) the pitch of a tone, whose value depends on local convention (e.g. nearly as high or as low as 1, if four or more numbers are used; mid pitch if the numbers 1–3 are used; or contrasting with 1 if only '1' and '2' are used)
- Synonyms: ˥, ˦, ˧, ˨, ˩, depending on other values
- (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 2, typically identified with light level yang ping (陽平). May be identified with rising shang tone (上) if the yin–yang distinction is not made.
- Synonyms: ꜁, ꜂
- (linguistics, superscript) accent 2 in Norwegian, Swedish and Limburgish.
- Norwegian/Swedish toneme 2 has also been transcribed with a double stress mark, that is ⟨ˈˈ⟩, as well as ⟨ˇ⟩, ⟨˟⟩ and ⟨ˆ⟩.
- (linguistics) Second person.
- Coordinate terms: 1, 3
Gallery
- Letter styles
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Lining digit 2.
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Oldstyle
2 in
Fraktur script.
The following forms are equivalent as a decimal digit:
The following additional forms are equivalent as a cardinal number:
Derived terms
See also
Other representations of 2:
English
Pronunciation
Preposition
2
- (text messaging, informal) Abbreviation of to.
I have 2 go now.
Send files 2 him.
- (computing) Abbreviation of to; designating conversion from one format to another.
Derived terms
See also
Adverb
2 (not comparable)
- (text messaging, informal, eye dialect) Abbreviation of too.
Can I come 2?
Adjective
2 (comparative more 2, superlative most 2)
- Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirited.
Derived terms
Noun
2 (plural 2s)
- Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirit.
See also
French
Pronunciation
Preposition
2
- (text messaging) alternative form of de
Further reading
Indonesian
Iteration mark
2
- (dated or informal, often superscript) an iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word
Malay
Iteration mark
2
- (dated or informal, often superscript) An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.
Mongolian
Symbol
²
- (linguistics) Used after an isolated affix or clitic to indicate that it has two variant forms, dependent on the vowel harmony of the preceding stem or word.
Usage notes
This is usually used to indicate that an affix or clitic varies between using the back vowel ⟨у⟩ and the front vowel ⟨ү⟩.
See also
Tagalog
Symbol
2 (colloquial, chiefly text messaging)
- used to represent the syllable to or tu due to similarity of pronunciation with English two
- 22o (totoo) ― real
- d2 (dito) ― here
- 2malon (tumalon) ― to jump
Iteration mark
2 (colloquial, sometimes superscript, chiefly text messaging)
- used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated syllable or compound word
- ka2in (kakain) ― will be eating
- ta2kbo (tatakbo) ― will be running
Ang kulit2 (kulit-kulit) mo.- You're so stubbornsome.