/dø/
Translation
two
Word origin
From Latin duos, the accusative of duo ('two').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- duo
- English cognates
- dual, duo, double
Examples
J' - cet -.
I have two important appointments this afternoon.
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These two solutions each have their advantages.
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She comes back in two weeks after her holidays.
Tous , Italie.
Every two years, we go back to see family in Italy.
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Give me two minutes, I am finishing my coffee.
est le chiffre 2, invariable en genre. Devant une consonne, le x est muet (deux tables /dø tabl/) ; devant une voyelle ou un h muet, la liaison se fait : deux amis /døz ami/. En position finale ou isolée, le x se prononce /dø/.
La locution tous les deux (both) est très courante : ils sont venus tous les deux. Deux-points (le signe :) porte un trait d'union. L'expression familière en deux temps trois mouvements signifie très rapidement.
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Used in
Stories
(12)On a le temps
1 min read · Core 1000
Un soir avec Marc
1 min read · Core 1000
Chez le médecin
3 min read · Core 1000
Le bus manqué
3 min read · Core 1000
Le coup de téléphone
3 min read · Core 1000
Le dernier train de la nuit
3 min read · Core 1000
Le nouveau docteur
3 min read · Core 1000
Le nouveau voisin
3 min read · Core 1000
Le premier jour de travail
3 min read · Core 1000
Un après-midi de pluie
3 min read · Core 1000
Le bureau de Lucie
4 min read · Core 5000
Un voyage difficile
4 min read · Core 1000
Grammar articles
(14)Avoiding the Passive in French: on, se and the Active Recast
The French Conditional Perfect: j'aurais fait, elle serait venue
French Demonstrative Pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles
dont in Depth: The French de Relative Pronoun
The French Future Perfect: futur antérieur
French Impersonal Verbs: il y a, il faut, il fait and the Dummy Subject 'il'
French quel and lequel: Which and Which One
Passé Composé vs Imparfait: How to Choose Between the Two French Past Tenses
French Possessive Pronouns: le mien, le tien, le sien, le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur
French Pronouns Y and EN: there, some, of it, of them
French Relative Pronouns After a Preposition: lequel, auquel, duquel
French Subject Pronouns: je, tu, il, nous, vous, ils and the on That Replaced nous
The French Subjunctive in Relative Clauses
French Time Expressions: depuis, pendant, il y a and pour
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