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See also: Dual, duel, and duál

English

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Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

Borrowed from Latin dualis (“two”), from duo (“two”) + adjective suffix -alis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dual (not comparable)

  1. Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
    Synonyms: double, twin; see also Thesaurus:dual
    a dual-motor vehicle
  2. Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
    Synonyms: double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold
    dual engine failure
    dual citizenship
    • 2020, Grace Ying May, “Women Disciplining Men: A Biblical Pattern of Leadership”, in Aída Besançon Spencer, William David Spencer, editors, Christian Egalitarian Leadership: Empowering the Whole Church According to the Scriptures, page 48:
      Both Deborah and Samuel held dual roles as judges and prophets.
  3. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
    Coordinate terms: singular, trial, plural
    Modern Arabic displays a dual number, as did Homeric Greek.
  4. (mathematics, physics) Exhibiting duality.
  5. (linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
    • 2012, Doug Fisher, Hans-J. Lenz, Learning from Data: Artificial Intelligence and Statistics V, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 81:
      Accordingly, a hyperplane in the sample space is dual to a subspace in the variable space.
  6. (category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
    Synonym: opposite
    • 1992, Colin McLarty, Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes, Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 77:
      Every category is dual to its own dual, so if a statement holds in all categories so does its dual.

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Noun

dual (plural duals)

  1. Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
  2. (geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
    The octahedron is the dual of the cube.
  3. (grammar) The dual number.
  4. (mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
  5. (wrestling) A head-to-head match or meet between two teams, such as two high schools or colleges.
    • 2010 August 3, Kevin Revolinski, Insiders' Guide® to Madison, WI, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 137:
      Wrestling duals and meets take place at the Wisconsin Field House. There are no advance single event ticket sales.
    • 2014 November 18, Mark Schultz, David Thomas, Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold, Penguin, →ISBN:
      But Dave agreed to participate in the Bulgarian dual, and that trapped me into having to wrestle, too.
    • 2023 October 19, Jason Norman, American Women in Amateur Wrestling, 2000-2022, McFarland, →ISBN, page 203:
      Early in 2021, she became the first female to compete and win a match at the Ter-Hark Cup wrestling dual, helping her squad to victory.

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Verb

dual (third-person singular simple present duals, present participle (UK) dualling or (US) dualing, simple past and past participle (UK) dualled or (US) dualed)

  1. (transitive) To convert from single to dual; specifically, to convert a single-carriageway road to a dual carriageway.
    • 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates:
      I have to declare an interest and I do so with some ambivalence because if the road is dualled it is likely to take half of my front garden.
    • 2006, David Lowe, Intermodal Freight Transport, page 163:
      The power generation and propulsion systems are dualled to accommodate component failure and maintain propulsion at reduced speed should any part of one system be lost.
    • 2021 September 22, “Network News: Nexus increases Tyne and Wear Metro train order to 46”, in RAIL, number 940, page 23:
      The investment will allow Nexus to increase service frequencies, reduce journey times, and improve reliability by dualling three sections of line between Pelaw and South Shields.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

dual (feminine duale, masculine plural duaux, feminine plural duales)

  1. dual

Noun

dual m (plural duaux)

  1. dual

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

dual (strong nominative masculine singular dualer, not comparable)

  1. dual

Declension

Positive forms of dual (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist dual sie ist dual es ist dual sie sind dual
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative dualer duale duales duale
genitive dualen dualer dualen dualer
dative dualem dualer dualem dualen
accusative dualen duale duales duale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der duale die duale das duale die dualen
genitive des dualen der dualen des dualen der dualen
dative dem dualen der dualen dem dualen den dualen
accusative den dualen die duale das duale die dualen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein dualer eine duale ein duales (keine) dualen
genitive eines dualen einer dualen eines dualen (keiner) dualen
dative einem dualen einer dualen einem dualen (keinen) dualen
accusative einen dualen eine duale ein duales (keine) dualen

Further reading

  • “dual” in Duden online
  • “dual” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠuəl̪ˠ/, /d̪ˠuəlˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúal (“tress, lock of hair”), from Proto-Celtic *doklos, from Proto-Indo-European *doḱlos (compare Icelandic tagl (“horse’s tail”), Old English tæġl, English tail).

Noun

dual m (genitive singular duail, nominative plural duail)

  1. lock, tress
    Synonyms: dlaoi, dual gruaige
  2. wisp, tuft
    Synonym: dlaoi
  3. ply, strand
  4. twist, twine
  5. spiral, whirl
Declension
Declension of dual (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dual duail
vocative a dhuail a dhuala
genitive duail dual
dative dual duail
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dual na duail
genitive an duail na ndual
dative leis an dual
don dual 		leis na duail
Derived terms

Verb

dual (present analytic dualann, future analytic dualfaidh, verbal noun dualadh, past participle dualta)

  1. (transitive) twine
  2. (transitive) braid, coil
  3. (transitive) interlace, fold
Conjugation
conjugation of dual (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present dualaim dualann tú;
dualair† 		dualann sé, sí dualaimid dualann sibh dualann siad;
dualaid† 		a dhualann; a dhualas /
a ndualann* 		dualtar
past dhual mé; dhualas dhual tú; dhualais dhual sé, sí dhualamar; dhual muid dhual sibh; dhualabhair dhual siad; dhualadar a dhual /
ar dhual* 		dualadh
past habitual dhualainn / ndualainn‡‡ dhualtá / ndualtᇇ dhualadh sé, sí / ndualadh sé, s퇇 dhualaimis; dhualadh muid / ndualaimis‡‡; ndualadh muid‡‡ dhualadh sibh / ndualadh sibh‡‡ dhualaidís; dhualadh siad / ndualaidís‡‡; ndualadh siad‡‡ a dhualadh /
a ndualadh* 		dhualtaí / ndualta퇇
future dualfaidh mé;
dualfad 		dualfaidh tú;
dualfair† 		dualfaidh sé, sí dualfaimid;
dualfaidh muid 		dualfaidh sibh dualfaidh siad;
dualfaid† 		a dhualfaidh; a dhualfas /
a ndualfaidh* 		dualfar
conditional dhualfainn / ndualfainn‡‡ dhualfá / ndualfᇇ dhualfadh sé, sí / ndualfadh sé, s퇇 dhualfaimis; dhualfadh muid / ndualfaimis‡‡; ndualfadh muid‡‡ dhualfadh sibh / ndualfadh sibh‡‡ dhualfaidís; dhualfadh siad / ndualfaidís‡‡; ndualfadh siad‡‡ a dhualfadh /
a ndualfadh* 		dhualfaí / ndualfa퇇
subjunctive present go nduala mé;
go ndualad† 		go nduala tú;
go ndualair† 		go nduala sé, sí go ndualaimid;
go nduala muid 		go nduala sibh go nduala siad;
go ndualaid† 		— go ndualtar
past dá ndualainn dá ndualtá dá ndualadh sé, sí dá ndualaimis;
dá ndualadh muid 		dá ndualadh sibh dá ndualaidís;
dá ndualadh siad 		— dá ndualtaí
imperative dualaim dual dualadh sé, sí dualaimis dualaigí;
dualaidh† 		dualaidís — dualtar
verbal noun dualadh
past participle dualta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

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Noun

dual m (genitive singular duail, nominative plural duail)

  1. dowel
  2. knot (in timber)
    Synonyms: alt, cranra
Declension
Declension of dual (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dual duail
vocative a dhuail a dhuala
genitive duail dual
dative dual duail
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dual na duail
genitive an duail na ndual
dative leis an dual
don dual 		leis na duail
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Irish dúal (“that which belongs or is proper to an individual by nature or descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-.

Adjective

dual (genitive singular masculine duail, genitive singular feminine duaile, plural duala, comparative duaile)

  1. native, natural
    Is dual dó a bheith leisciúil. ― He is naturally lazy.
    Ní dual don diabhal bheith díomhaoin.
    No rest for the wicked.
    (literally, “It is not in the devil's nature to be idle.”)
  2. proper, fitting
  3. in the natural order of things
  4. fated
  5. possible
Declension
Declension of dual
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative dual dhual duala;
dhuala2
vocative dhuail duala
genitive duale duala dual
dative dual;
dhual1 		dhual;
dhuail (archaic) 		duala;
dhuala2
Comparative níos duale
Superlative is duale

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of dual
radical lenition eclipsis
dual dhual ndual

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /duˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwaw/
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: du‧al

Adjective

dual m or f (plural duais, not comparable)

  1. dual (having two elements)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French duel, from Latin dualis.

Noun

dual n (plural duale)

  1. (grammar) dual

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative dual dualul duale dualele
genitive-dative dual dualului duale dualelor
vocative dualule dualelor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúal (“that which belongs or is proper to an individual by nature or descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dual (comparative duaile)

  1. hereditary
  2. usual, natural
    'S dual do phoileasman a bhith amharasach. ― It's natural for a policeman to be suspicious.

Noun

dual m (genitive singular duail, plural dualan)

  1. birthright
    Synonym: còir-bhreith
  2. due
  3. something which is natural and/or usual
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dúal (“tress, lock of hair”), from Proto-Celtic *doklos, from Proto-Indo-European *doḱlos.

Noun

dual m (genitive singular duail, plural dualan)

  1. curl, lock of hair
  2. plait, strand, braid, or fold
  3. ringlet

Verb

dual (past dhual, future dualidh, verbal noun dualadh, past participle dualte)

  1. plait, twist
  2. loop, curl
  3. fold
  4. link

Mutation

Mutation of dual
radical lenition
dual dhual

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

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dual”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 145

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin duālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdwal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: dual

Adjective

dual m or f (masculine and feminine plural duales)

  1. dual
  2. (grammar) dual

Derived terms

Further reading

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