Duo
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duo¹
- /ˈdjuː.əʊ/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒuː.əʊ/ UK
- /ˈdu.oʊ/ Canada, US
- /ˈdju.oʊ/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -uːəʊ
Where it comes from
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.
noun duos
- Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially
- Two musicians who perform music together.
- Any pair of people.
- Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.
- A meal with two paired components. The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.
- A song in two parts; a duet. 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.
Similar: couple, pair, twosome, brace, couplet, doublet, duad, duet, duo, duplet, dyad, twain
Duo²
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
