à deux

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à deux

  • /ɑː ˈdɜː/
  • /ə ˈdɜː/

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Borrowed from French à deux.

phrase

  1. To be played by two people.
  2. Privately; one-on-one. It is arguable that Litvinov, had he met with civility and those supple conversations à deux in which trained diplomats excel, might have stopped the war […]

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"à deux." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/%C3%A0%20deux. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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à deux. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A0%20deux

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"à deux." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A0%20deux.

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@misc{a_deux_2026,
  title = {à deux},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/%C3%A0%20deux},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}