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

Mutated forms of dois
radical lenition eclipsis
dois dhois ndois

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

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

 

Numeral

dois m (feminine duas)

  1. two (cardinal number 2)
    dois amantes, duas almastwo lovers, two souls
    • 1890, Aluizio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:
      — Ah! E amanhã, não te esqueças, recebe os dois mil-réis, que é fim do mês.
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    • 1899, Machado de Assis, chapter 32, in Dom Casmurro, Obliqpress, published 2013:
      Fui devagar, mas o pé ou o espelho traiu-me. Este pode ser que não fosse; era um espelhinho de pataca (perdoai a barateza), comprado a um mascate italiano, moldura tosca, argolinha de latão, pendente da parede, entre as duas janelas.
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    • 1943, André Luiz, Francisco Cândido Xavier, Nosso Lar:
      Logo de entrada, apresentou-me duas senhoras, uma já idosa e outra bordejando a madureza. Esclareceu que esta era sua esposa, e aquela, irmã. Luciana e Hilda, afáveis e delicadas, primaram em gentilezas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tia que caiu no Sena”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 63:
      Alda contou para o grupo que a tia Belinha tinha ido sozinha a Paris e lá conhecera um conde francês, ligeiramente arruinado e ligeiramente maluco, com quem tivera um tórrido caso de verão. Numa noite quente, dançando numa margem do Sena, depois de muitos copos de champanhe, os dois tinham tropeçado e...
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Derived terms

Adjective

dois (invariable)

  1. second
    Synonym: segundo / segunda

Noun

dois m (invariable)

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

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

Mutated forms of dois
radical soft nasal aspirate
dois ddois nois unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.