"duo" meaning in English

See duo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdjuː.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈdʒuː.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈdu.oʊ/ [US], /ˈdju.oʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-duo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: duos [plural]
Rhymes: -uːəʊ Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of two, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}} *dwóh₁, {{PIE word|en|dwóh₁}} PIE word *dwóh₁, {{bor|en|fr|duo}} French duo, {{bor|en|it|duo}} Italian duo, {{der|en|la|duo|t=two}} Latin duo (“two”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*duō}} Proto-Italic *duō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}} Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁, {{doublet|en|two}} Doublet of two Head templates: {{en-noun}} duo (plural duos)
  1. Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together. Categories (topical): Musicians
    Sense id: en-duo-en-noun-8St24d7P Disambiguation of Musicians: 40 18 18 24
  2. Any pair of two people. Synonyms (pair of two people): couple
    Sense id: en-duo-en-noun-e7ZqVSdg Disambiguation of 'pair of two people': 22 69 0 9
  3. Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur. Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-duo-en-noun-xjbwpJxL Disambiguation of Collectives: 22 28 44 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with ignored alt parameters, English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 18 55 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 20 49 12 Disambiguation of English links with ignored alt parameters: 20 18 51 11 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 19 19 51 10
  4. A song in two parts; a duet. Categories (topical): Two Translations (twosome, especially musicians): 二重唱 (èrchóngchàng) (english: vocal) (Chinese Mandarin), 二重奏 (èrchóngzòu) [instrumental] (Chinese Mandarin), duo [neuter] (Czech), duo [common-gender] (Danish), duo [neuter] (Dutch), paar [neuter] (Dutch), koppel [neuter] (Dutch), duopo (Esperanto), duo [masculine] (French), Duo [neuter] (German), צמד (tsémed) [masculine] (Hebrew), duó (Hungarian), dúó [neuter] (Icelandic), par [neuter] (Icelandic), duo [masculine] (Italian), duetto [masculine] (Italian), 二重唱 (nijūshō) (english: vocal) (alt: にじゅうしょう) (Japanese), 二重奏 (nijūsō) (alt: にじゅうそう) [instrumental] (Japanese), デュオ (dyuo) (Japanese), デュエット (dyuetto) (Japanese), takirua (Maori), tokorua (Maori), duo [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), duo [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dupla [feminine] (Portuguese), par [masculine] (Portuguese), дуэ́т (duét) [masculine] (Russian), дво́йка (dvójka) [feminine] (Russian), дво́е (dvóje) [collective, plural] (Russian), па́ра (pára) [feminine] (Russian), duet [masculine] (Slovene), dúo [masculine] (Spanish), dupla [feminine] (Spanish), equipo de dos [masculine] (Spanish), duo [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-duo-en-noun-0o48MQfE Disambiguation of Two: 27 18 18 37 Disambiguation of 'twosome, especially musicians': 13 17 18 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: group Hyponyms: dilogy, gruesome twosome, duology [nonstandard], twins Meronyms: twin, twindle [dialectal], twinling Derived forms: comedy duo, lip duo, super-duo Related terms: duet, trio, quartet, number Coordinate_terms: trio, quartet, quintet, sextet

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "èrchóngchàng",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "word": "二重唱"
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      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental"
      ],
      "word": "二重奏"
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      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "duo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "duo"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "koppel"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "word": "duopo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Duo"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsémed",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צמד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "word": "duó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dúó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "par"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duetto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "にじゅうしょう",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "word": "二重唱"
    },
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      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "二重奏"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "word": "デュオ"
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      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "word": "デュエット"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "word": "takirua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "word": "tokorua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dupla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "par"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "duét",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дуэ́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvójka",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дво́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvóje",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "дво́е"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pára",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dúo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dupla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "equipo de dos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "twosome, especially musicians",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "duo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "duo"
  ],
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}

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