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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duplus, whence also Italian doppio (an inherited doublet).
Pronunciation
Adjective
duplo (feminine dupla, masculine plural dupli, feminine plural duple)
- duple, double
Noun
duplo m (plural dupli)
- duple, duplet
See also
Latin
Etymology 1
Inflected forms.
Adjective
duplō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of duplus
Etymology 2
From dūplus. Found in Late and legal Latin as a synonym for the Classical Latin duplicō.
Verb
duplō (present infinitive duplāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- (Late Latin) to double
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “duplo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- duplo 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)
- duplo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- duplo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dūplus (“double”). Compare dobro, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
Adjective
duplo (feminine dupla, masculine plural duplos, feminine plural duplas, not comparable)
- double (made up of two matching or complementary elements)
- Synonyms: dúplex, dobrado, duplicado, dúplice
- Antonym: único
Related terms
Noun
duplo m (plural duplos, feminine dupla, feminine plural duplas)
- (Portugal) stuntman
- Synonym: (Brazil) dublê