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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "duo"}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
{{PIE word|en|dwóh₁}}
From {{bor|en|fr|duo}} or {{bor|en|it|duo}}, from {{der|en|la|duo|t=two}}, from {{der|en|itc-pro|*duō}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}}. {{doublet|en|two}}, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdjuː.əʊ/|/ˈdʒuː.əʊ/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-duo.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdu.oʊ/|/ˈdju.oʊ/|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːəʊ|s=2}}
{{number box|en|2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform [[music]] together.
# Any pair of people.
# Any [[cocktail]] consisting of a [[spirit]] and a [[liqueur]].
# A [[meal]] with two paired components.
#: {{ux|en|The '''duo''' of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.}}
# A [[song]] in two parts; a [[duet]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=Roger T. Dean|title=The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music|passage=I noticed early on, in playing a '''duo''' with a violinist, that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|pair of two people}} {{l|en|couple}}, {{l|en|pair}}, {{l|en|twosome}}; see also [[Thesaurus:duo]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|dufoil|super-duo
|comedy duo|lip duo|super-duo}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|duet}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|twosome, especially musicians}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|二重唱|tr=èrchóngchàng}} {{qualifier|vocal}}, {{t+|cmn|二重奏|tr=èrchóngzòu}} {{qualifier|instrumental}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|duo|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|duo|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|duo|n}}, {{t+|nl|paar|n}}, {{t+|nl|koppel|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|duopo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|duo}}
* French: {{t+|fr|duo|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Duo|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|צמד|m|tr=tsémed}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|duó}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|dúó|n}}, {{t+|is|par|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|duo|m}}, {{t+|it|duetto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|二重唱|tr=にじゅうしょう, nijūshō}} {{qualifier|vocal}}, {{t+|ja|二重奏|tr=にじゅうそう, nijūsō}} {{qualifier|instrumental}}, {{t+|ja|デュオ|tr=dyuo}}, {{t+|ja|デュエット|tr=dyuetto}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|takirua}}, {{t|mi|tokorua}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|duo|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|duo|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|dupla|f}}, {{t+|pt|par|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дуэ́т|m}}, {{t+|ru|дво́йка|f}}, {{qualifier|collective}} {{t+|ru|дво́е|p}}, {{t+|ru|па́ра|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|duet|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dúo|m}}, {{t+|es|dupla|f}}, {{t|es|[[equipo]] [[de]] [[dos]]|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|duo|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|any pair of two people}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pari}}, {{t+|fi|parivaljakko}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|song in two parts|duet}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|trio}}
* {{l|en|quartet}}
* [[Thesaurus:number]]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dou|udo|oud|ODU}}

{{C|en|Collectives|Musicians|Two}}

==Central Dusun==
{{number box|dtp|2}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|dtp|duwo}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|dtp|poz-pro|*duha}}, from {{inh|dtp|map-pro|*duSa}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|dtp|numeral}}

# [[two]]

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{hyphenation|cs|duo}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|n}}

# [[duet]]
#: {{syn|cs|duet}}

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|n}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|cs|duál|dualita|duální|dualismus|dualista|dualistický}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}

{{C|cs|Two}}

==Dutch==
{{wikipedia|lang=nl}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|nl|itc-pro|ine-pro}}
From {{der|nl|fr|duo}} or {{der|nl|it|duo}}, from {{der|nl|la|duo||two}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈdy(ʋ)oː/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-duo.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|duo}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|n|-'s|+}}

# [[twosome]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nl|tweetal}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|nl|cabaretduo|duobaan|duoraadslid|duomoeder|duovader|zangduo}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nl|duet}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|oud}}

{{C|nl|Two}}

==Esperanto==

===Etymology===
From {{affix|eo|du|-o}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|eo|LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-duo.wav}}
{{eo-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{eo-head}}

# [[twosome]], [[pair]], [[couple]]
#: {{syn|eo|duopo|paro}}
# the digit or figure [[two]]

===See also===
{{table:playing cards/eo}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
< {{bor|fi|it|duo}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p|du(:)o}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# [[#English|duo]] {{gloss|twosome of musicians performing together}}
# {{synonym of|fi|kaksikko||twosome, pair}} {{q|often with a [[modifier]]}}
#: {{ux|fi|Kokki'''duo''' Erkki ja Klaara ovat kumppaneita niin keittiössä kuin elämässään.|The chef '''duo''' Eric and Clara are partners in the kitchen as well as in their lives.}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-valo|du|||o|a}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fi|title=compounds
|duoraitiovaunu
|viuluduo
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KTSK|accessdate=2023-07-02}}

==French==
{{wikipedia|lang=fr}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|it|duo}}. {{doublet|fr|deux}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Helenou66-duo.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|duo}} (combination of two things)
# {{lb|fr|music}} [[duet]] (a musical composition for two performers)

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ro|duo|bor=1}}

====See also====
* {{l|fr|solo}}, {{l|fr|trio}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|d'où}}

{{C|fr|Music}}

==Interlingua==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|ia|la|duo||two}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|ia|numeral}}

# [[two]]

{{cln|ia|cardinal numbers}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|it|itc-pro|ine-pro}}
{{bor+|it|la|duo|t=two}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|dùo}}

===Numeral===
{{it-card-inv}}

# {{tlb|it|obsolete}} {{alt form|it|due}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{tlb|it|obsolete}} {{alt form|it|due}}
# {{l|en|duo}}
#: {{syn|it|duetto}}
# {{lb|it|music}} [[duet]]
#: {{syn|it|duetto}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|it|due}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|duo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fi|duo|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|fr|duo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|no|bor=1|-}}
** {{desc|nb|duo}}
** {{desc|nn|duo}}
* {{desc|pl|duo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pt|duo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sv|duo|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
* ''Prose della volgar lingua''[https://web.archive.org/web/20210818205616/http://www.letteraturaitaliana.net/pdf/Volume_4/t79.pdf], 3.II

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=dou|udo-}}

==Latin==
{{number box|la|2}}

===Alternative forms===
* Symbol: {{l|la|II}}

===Etymology===
{{PIE word|la|dwóh₁}}
From {{inh|la|itc-pro|*duō}}, from {{inh|la|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}} (which was inflected as a dual). Cognates include {{cog|grc|δύο}}, {{cog|sa|द्व|tr=dvá}}, {{cog|cu|дъва}}, and {{cog|ang|twā}} (whence {{cog|en|two}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA}}

===Numeral===
{{la-num-adj|duo<irreg+>|type=card}}

# [[two]]; 2
#* {{Q|la|Livy|Ab Urbe Condita|45|quote=Dixit '''duas''' res ei rubori fuisse.|trans=He said that '''two''' things had abashed him.}}
#* {{Q|la|Jerome|Vulgate|Zacharias|4|12|quote=et respondi secundo et dixi ad eum quid sunt '''duae''' spicae olivarum quae sunt iuxta '''duo''' rostra aurea in quibus sunt suffusoria ex auro|trans=And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these '''two''' olive branches which through the '''two''' golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?}}
#* {{quote-text|la|year=1500|author=w:Desiderius Erasmus|title=Adagia
|passage=Ne Hercules quidem adversus '''duos'''.
|translation="Not even Hercules fights against '''two'''."}}

====Usage notes====
* See [[Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers#duo|Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers]].

====Declension====
{{la-adecl|duo<irreg+>}}
<br>

====Derived terms====
* {{l|la|duabus sellis sedeo}}

====Related terms====
{{rel4|la|duālis|duplex|duplicō|duplus}}

====Descendants====
{{top3}}
* Balkan Romance:
** {{desc|rup|doi|g=m|dao|g2=f|dau|g3=f|dauã|g4=f|doauã|g5=f}}
** {{desc|ruo|doi}}
** {{desc|ruq|doi|doauă}}
** {{desc|ro|doi|g=m|două|g2=f}}
* Dalmatian Romance:
** {{desc|dlm|doi}}
** {{desc|ist|dui|duj}}
* Italo-Romance:
** {{desc|co|dui|g=m|duie|g2=f}}
** {{desc|it|due|duo}}, {{desc|it|duetto|der=1|nolb=1}} {{see desc}}
** {{desc|nap|dduje}}
** {{desc|scn|dui}}
* Padanian:
** Rhaeto-Romance
*** {{desc|fur|doi|dôs}}
*** {{desc|lld|doi}}
*** {{desc|rm|dus|g=m|duas|g2=f}}
** Gallo-Italic
*** {{desc|pms|doi}}
*** {{desc|vec|do|g=m|due|g2=f}}
* Gallo-Romance:
** {{desc|frp|doux<g:m>|doves<g:f>}}
** {{desc|fro|deus}}
*** {{desc|frm|deus}}
**** {{desc|fr|deux}}
**** {{desc|nrf|deux|daeux}}
*** {{desc|wa|deus}}
* Occitano-Romance:
** {{desc|ca|dos|g=m|dues|g2=f}}
** {{desc|pro|dos|g=m}}, {{l|ca|doas|g=f}}, {{l|pro|doi}}
*** {{desc|oc|dos|g=m}}, {{l|ca|doas|g=f}}, {{l|oc|dui}}, {{l|oc|doi}}, {{q|Aranese}} {{l|oc|dus}}
* Ibero-Romance:
** {{desc|an|dos}}
** {{desc|roa-ole}}
*** {{desc|ast|dos}}
*** {{desc|mwl|dous|g=m|dues|g2=f}}
** {{desctree|roa-opt|dous|g=m|duas|g2=f}}
** {{desc|osp|dos}}
*** {{desc|lad|dos}}
*** {{desc|es|dos}}
* Insular Romance:
** {{desc|sc|duos|duas}}
* Constructed languages:
** {{desc|eo|du|bor=1}}
** {{desc|io|du|bor=1}}
** {{desc|ia|duo|bor=1}}
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====See also====
* [[Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers]]

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:M&A}}

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin}}

# {{cmn-pinyin of|𦕰}}

{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|duō}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|duó}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|duǒ}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|duò}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Minangkabau==
{{cardinalbox|min|1|2|3|ord=kaduo|ciek|tigo}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|min|poz-mly-pro|*dua}}, from {{inh|min|poz-mcm-pro|*dua}}, from {{inh|min|poz-msa-pro|*dua}}, from {{inh|min|poz-pro|*duha}}, from {{inh|min|map-pro|*duSa}}. {{false cognate|la|duo}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|min|numeral}}

# {{cln|min|cardinal numbers}} [[two]]

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|nb|it|duo}}.

===Noun===
{{head|nb|noun|g=m|definite singular|duoen|indefinite plural|duoer|definite plural|duoene}}

# a {{l|en|duo}} (''a group of two entertainers, or a piece of music for two musical instruments (also known as a duet)'')

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|nn|it|duo}}.

===Noun===
{{head|nn|noun|g=m|definite singular|duoen|indefinite plural|duoar|definite plural|duoane}}

# a {{l|en|duo}} (''as above'')

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pl|it|duo}}, from {{der|pl|la|duo}}, from {{der|pl|itc-pro|*duō}}, from {{der|pl|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}}. {{doublet|pl|dwa|t1=two}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|n|indecl=yes}}

# {{lb|pl|music}} [[#English|duo]] {{gl|group of two musicians}}
#: {{syn|pl|duet}}
# {{lb|pl|music}} [[#English|duo]] {{gl|piece of music written for two musicians}}
#: {{syn|pl|duet}}
# [[#English|duo]] {{gl|group of two people or things}}
#: {{syn|pl|duet}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{C|pl|Collectives|Musicians|Two}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|pt|it|duo}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|br=+|pt=+,dúò}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|duo}}
#: {{syn|pt|dupla}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|duo}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|duouri}}

# [[duet]]

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}

==Swedish==
{{wikipedia|lang=sv}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|sv|it|duo}}.

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# a {{l|en|duo}}

====Declension====
{{sv-noun-irreg-c|2=duon|3=duor}}

====See also====
* {{l|sv|bisittare}}
* {{l|sv|duett}}
* {{l|sv|följeslagare}}
* {{l|sv|parhäst}}
* {{l|sv|radarpar}}
* {{l|sv|vapendragare}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

==Welsh==

===Etymology===
{{suf|cy|du|t1=black|o}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/ˈdɨː.ɔ/|a=cy-N}}
* {{IPA|cy|/ˈdiː.ɔ/|a=cy-S}}

===Verb===
{{cy-verb|du}}

# {{lb|cy|intransitive}}
## to become [[black]], to [[blacken]] {{q|also figuratively}}
##  to grow [[dark]]
##: {{syn|cy|nosi}}
# {{lb|cy|transitive}} to make [[black]], to [[blacken]] {{q|also figuratively}}

====Conjugation====
{{cy-conj-cons|du|3=-|imp=-}}
{{cy-conj-colloquial|du}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

===References===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}

==West Coast Bajau==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|bdr|poz-pro|*duha}}, from {{inh|bdr|map-pro|*duSa}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|bdr|numeral}}

# {{cln|bdr|cardinal numbers}} [[two]]

==Yoruba==

===Etymology===
{{contraction|yo|dúró}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{yo-IPA|dúó}}

===Verb===
{{yo-verb|dúó}}

# {{lb|yo|Oǹdó}} {{alt form|yo|dúró|from=Oǹdó|t=to wait}}

[[Category:Ondo Yoruba]]