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English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːz/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːz

Noun

dos

  1. plural of do
    • 1916, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter VIII, in Just David:
      With the coming of Monday arrived a new life for David—a curious life full of "don'ts" and "dos." David wondered sometimes why all the pleasant things were "don'ts" and all the unpleasant ones "dos."

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

dos

  1. (music) plural of do
    • 2020, Jennifer Snodgrass, Teaching Music Theory, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212:
      In functional harmonic progression, three “Dos” in a row within the Do-Ti test indicate chord changes that can only be this descending third pattern.

Anagrams

Aragonese

Aragonese cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dos

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

  1. two

Ashkun

Ashkun cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : dos

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *daca, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dos (Sanu)[1]

  1. ten

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “d′os”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dos
    Ordinal : segundu

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative form of duo.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dos (indeclinable)

  1. two

Bikol Central

Bikol Central numbers (edit)
20[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: duwa, dos
    Ordinal: ikaduwa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdos/
  • Hyphenation: dos

Numeral

dos (Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. two
    Synonym: duwa

Catalan

Catalan numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: dos
    Ordinal: segon
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2n
    Multiplier: doble
    Fractional: mig

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin duōs, accusative form of duo (two), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Occitan dos, French deux, Spanish dos.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dos m (feminine dues)

  1. (cardinal number) two
Usage notes
  • Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives, except un/una (1), dos/dues (2), cents/centes (100s) and its compounds. When used as nouns, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts, but in expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock), they are feminine because the feminine noun hora has been elided.
Derived terms

Noun

dos m (plural dosos)

  1. two
  2. (castells) torre
  3. (castells) One of a pair of castellers in the pom de dalt, who form the third-highest level of the castell

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

dos

  1. plural of do (do (note of the musical scale))

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Catalan dos, from Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum (back). Compare dors, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

Noun

dos m (plural dossos)

  1. Archaic form of dors.
Derived terms

Further reading

Cornish

Etymology

Contraction of dones. Cognate with Welsh dod

Verb

dos

  1. to come, arrive

Mutation

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dos (back).

Pronunciation

Noun

dos m (plural dossen, diminutive dosje n)

  1. garb, clothing, especially extravagant or unusual clothes
  2. pelt, fur
  3. patch of hair, especially one's headhair

Derived terms

Extremaduran

Etymology

Akin to Spanish, from Latin duo.

Numeral

dos

  1. two

Fala

Alternative forms

  • dus (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dos, equivalent to de (of) +‎ os (masculine plural definite article).

Contraction

dos m pl (singular do, feminine da, feminine plural das)

  1. (Mañegu) of the
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
      Esti términu Mañegu, o mais pequenu dos tres, formaba parti, con términus de Vilamel i Trevellu, da pruvincia de Salamanca hasta o anu 1833 []
      This San Martinese locality, the smallest of the three, formed, along with the Vilamen and Trevejo localities, the Salamanca province until the year 1833

References

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

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French dos, from Latin dorsum (through Vulgar Latin dossum). Compare Romansch dies, Catalan dors, Italian dosso, and Romanian dos.

Pronunciation

Noun

dos m (plural dos)

  1. (anatomy) back (of a person)
  2. (in the plural) backs (of persons) (clarification of this definition is needed)
  3. (swimming) backstroke
  4. spine (of a book)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (of, from) + masculine plural definite article os (the). Akin to Portuguese dos (de + os).

Pronunciation

Contraction

dos m pl (masculine do, feminine da, feminine plural das)

  1. of the; from the

Further reading

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdos/
  • Hyphenation: dos

Numeral

dos

  1. two
    Synonym: dua

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Noun

dos

  1. (proscribed) Alternative form of dus

Particle

dos

  1. (proscribed) Alternative form of dus

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish doss (bush, thicket, tree).

Noun

dos m (genitive singular dois, nominative plural dosanna)

  1. tuft
Declension

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

dos m (genitive singular dosa)

  1. Alternative form of gus (force, vigor)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dos dhos ndos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Kabuverdianu

Kabuverdianu cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dos

Etymology

From Portuguese dois.

Numeral

dos

  1. two (2)

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese dois, from Latin duo.

Numeral

dos

  1. two

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling דוס)

  1. two

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis, from *deh₃- (give). Doublet of dosis. Cognate with Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis), Sanskrit दिति (díti).

Pronunciation

Noun

dōs f (genitive dōtis); third declension

  1. dowry
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.319–320:
      ‘saepe mihi Zephyrus ‘dōtēs corrumpere nōlī
      ipsa tuās’ dīxit: dōs mihi vīlis erat.’
      “Often Zephyrus said to me, ‘Don’t destroy your own dowry.’ My dowry was of no value to me.”
      (Flora (mythology) stopped caring for flowers when the early Romans neglected to worship her deity; Zephyrus, the west wind of spring, was her consort.)
  2. gift, endowment, talent

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: dot
  • Dalmatian: duauta
  • French: dot
  • Galician: dote
  • Italian: dota, dote
  • Portuguese: dote
  • Sicilian: duti
  • Spanish: dote

References

  • dos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • dos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to give a dowry to one's daughter: dotem filiae dare
  • dos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dos”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Verb

dos

  1. third-person singular/plural future indicative of dot

Malay

Etymology 1

From English dose.

Noun

dos (Jawi spelling دوس, plural dos-dos, informal 1st possessive dosku, 2nd possessive dosmu, 3rd possessive dosnya)

  1. (except Indonesia) dose
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Dutch doos, from Middle Dutch dose (since 1361), probably from Latin dosis (the small box in which a dose of medication was given).

Noun

dos (plural dos-dos, informal 1st possessive dosku, 2nd possessive dosmu, 3rd possessive dosnya)

  1. (Indonesia) carton, cardboard box
Alternative forms
  • dus (Indonesia)

Further reading

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

dos

  1. second-person singular imperative of mynet

Mutation

Mutated forms of dos
Radical Soft Nasal Aspirate
dos ðos nos unchanged

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m (plural dos)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy) back (of a person)

Northern Sami

Determiner

dōs

  1. locative singular of dōt

Occitan

Occitan cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dos
    Ordinal : dosen

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative form of duo.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dos m (feminine doas)

  1. two

Further reading

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 360.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos oblique singularm (oblique plural dos, nominative singular dos, nominative plural dos)

  1. (anatomy) back

Descendants

  • French: dos
  • Norman: dos (Jersey)
  • Walloon: dos

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

  1. two (2)

Descendants

Old Spanish

Old Spanish cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dos
    Ordinal : segundo

Alternative forms

  • II (representation in Roman numerals)

Etymology

From Latin duō.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dos

  1. two

Descendants

Papiamentu

Papiamentu cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dos

Etymology

From Portuguese dois and Spanish dos and Kabuverdianu dos.

Numeral

dos

  1. two (2)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

Contraction

dos m pl

  1. Contraction of de os (of/from the (masculine plural)): masculine plural of do
    dos Santos
    of the Saints

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:do.

See also

  • do (singular form)
  • das (feminine form)
  • da (singular feminine form)

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum. Compare French dos and Romansch dies.

Pronunciation

Noun

dos n (plural dosuri)

  1. back
    Synonym: spate
  2. bottom, behind, buttocks
    Synonym: fund
  3. reverse
  4. backside, rear
  5. tails (on a coin)

Declension

Spanish

Spanish numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: dos
    Ordinal: segundo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2.º
    Multiplier: doble
    Collective: ambos
    Fractional: medio, mitad

Etymology

Inherited from Latin duōs, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), Old English twa (English two), Persian دو.

PIE word
*dwóh₁

Pronunciation

Numeral

dos

  1. two

Derived terms

See also

Playing cards in Spanish · cartas (layout · text)
as dos tres cuatro cinco seis siete
ocho nueve diez sota reina rey comodín

Noun

dos m pl

  1. plural of do

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

dos c

  1. dose (of a pharmaceutical or drug)

Declension

Further reading

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: dalawa
    Spanish cardinal: dos
    Ordinal: ikalawa, pangalawa
    Spanish ordinal: segundo, segunda
    Ordinal abbreviation: ika-2, pang-2
    Adverbial: makalawa, makadalawa
    Multiplier: doble, dalawang ibayo
    Distributive: tigdalawa, dalawahan, dala-dalawa
    Restrictive: dadalawa
    Fractional: kalahati

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dos (two).

Pronunciation

Numeral

dos (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. two
    Synonym: dalawa
    • 2017, Curtis McFarland, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, Diksyunaryong Monolingwal sa Filipino: (Monolingual Dictionary in Filipino):
      Ang dos na bilang ay suwerte para sa kanya.
      The number two is lucky for him.

Derived terms

Noun

dos (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. (card games) two (card)

Further reading

  • dos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Pronunciation

Noun

dos m

  1. (anatomy) back

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English dose.

Noun

dos f (plural dosys)

  1. (medicine) dose
    Synonyms: dogn, mesur
  2. share, portion
    Synonym: cyfran

Etymology 2

Noun

dos m

  1. (rare except in derived terms) drip, drop
    Synonyms: dafn, defnyn, diferyn
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dos

  1. (North Wales) second-person singular imperative of mynd
    Synonym: (South Wales) cer

Mutation

Mutated forms of dos
radical soft nasal aspirate
dos ddos nos unchanged

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

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dos”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *ɢləŋᴮ (vegetables in the genus Allium).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

dos (classifier: lub)

  1. (small) onion, leek

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 274.

Zazaki

Noun

dos

  1. (anatomy) back (of a person)
  2. (in the plural) backs (of persons)
  3. (swimming) backstroke