duplo

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duplus, whence also Italian doppio (an inherited doublet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.plo/
  • Rhymes: -uplo
  • Hyphenation: dù‧plo

Adjective

duplo (feminine dupla, masculine plural dupli, feminine plural duple)

  1. duple, double

Noun

duplo m (plural dupli)

  1. duple, duplet

See also

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Adjective

duplō

  1. 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 stems

  1. (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

  • Hyphenation: du‧plo

Adjective

duplo (feminine dupla, masculine plural duplos, feminine plural duplas, not comparable)

  1. double (made up of two matching or complementary elements)
    Synonyms: dúplex, dobrado, duplicado, dúplice
    Antonym: único

Noun

duplo m (plural duplos, feminine dupla, feminine plural duplas)

  1. (Portugal) stuntman
    Synonym: (Brazil) dublê