"duo" meaning in French

See duo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɥo/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Helenou66-duo.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-duo.wav Forms: duos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian duo. Doublet of deux. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|it|duo}} Borrowed from Italian duo, {{doublet|fr|deux}} Doublet of deux Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} duo m (plural duos)
  1. duo (combination of two things) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-duo-fr-noun-AiEKagmQ
  2. (music) duet (a musical composition for two performers) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-duo-fr-noun-2OXKT1ZU Categories (other): Music, French entries with incorrect language header, Music Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Music: 0 100 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: solo, trio

Inflected forms

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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
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      ],
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      ],
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        "entertainment",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/dɥo/"
    },
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    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-duo.wav",
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    }
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French doublets",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Italian",
    "French terms derived from Italian",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 23 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Music"
  ],
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
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      ],
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          "duo#English"
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      ],
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      ]
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        "music"
      ]
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    },
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    }
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}

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