duo

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun two items of the same kind
  2. noun two performers or singers who perform together
  3. noun a pair who associate with one another

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duet, dyad, duad

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