dois

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

dois

  1. plural of doi

Fala

Fala numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: dois
    Ordinal: segundu

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dois m (feminine dúas or dus)

  1. two

Usage notes

  • In Lagarteiru, when used before a feminine plural noun as part of a noun phrase, the apocopic form dus is used instead of dúas.

Further reading

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French

Pronunciation

Verb

dois

  1. first/second-person singular present indicative of devoir

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

dois m

  1. genitive singular of dos

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dois dhois ndois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Portuguese numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: dois
    Ordinal: segundo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2.º
    Multiplier: dobro, duplo
    Fractional: meio, metade
    Group: dupla, par, duo
Portuguese Wikipedia article on 2

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alteration of dous, from Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: dois

Adjective

dois m (feminine duas)

  2. two (2)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dois.

Derived terms

Noun

dois m (invariable)

  2. two (the numerical value 2 or something with the value of two)
    2. (card games) deuce (card with two spots)
    4. deuce (side of a die with two spots)
  4. two (the character or digit ‘2’)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dois.

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás dois, duque três, terno quatro, quadra cinco, quina seis, sena sete, bisca, manilha
oito nove dez valete dama rei jóquer, curinga

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

dois

  1. first-person singular preterite colloquial of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dois ddois nois unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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