deux

French

French numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: deux
    Ordinal: deuxième, second
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2e, 2d, (nonstandard) 2ème
    Multiplier: double
    Fractional: demi, moitié

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French deux, from Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative plural of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dø/, (in liaison) /dø.z‿/[1][2]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes:

Numeral

deux (invariable)

  1. two

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Louisiana Creole: de,

See also

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

References

  1. Il est deux heures pronunciation”, in Forvo pronunciation dictionary, 2023 April 12 (last accessed)
  2. French phonology, Liaison”, in Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, 2023 April 12 (last accessed)

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French deus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (in isolation) /døs/, (before a vowel) /døz/, (before a consonant) /dø/

Numeral

deux (invariable)

  1. two

Descendants

Norman

Norman cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : deux

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French deus, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Numeral

deux

  1. (Jersey) two

Derived terms

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