dois
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈdujs]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdojs]
=== Noun ===
dois
plural of doi
== Fala ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈdoi̯s/
Rhymes: -oi̯s
Syllabification: dois
=== Numeral ===
dois m (feminine dúas or dus)
two
==== Usage notes ====
In Lagarteiru, when used before a feminine plural noun as part of a noun phrase, the apocopic form dus is used instead of dúas.
=== Further reading ===
Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 119
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dwa/
Homophones: doigt, doigts, doit (general), doua, douas, douât (one pronunciation)
Rhymes: -a
=== Verb ===
dois
first/second-person singular present indicative of devoir
== Irish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [d̪ˠɔʃ]
=== Noun ===
dois m
genitive singular of dos
=== Mutation ===
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
dous (dated)
doys (obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
Alteration of dous, from Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
=== Pronunciation ===
(São Miguel, Azores) IPA(key): /ˈdøʃ/
Hyphenation: dois
=== Numeral ===
dois m (feminine duas)
two (cardinal number 2)
dois amantes, duas almas ― two lovers, two souls
==== Derived terms ====
=== Adjective ===
dois (invariable)
second
Synonym: segundo / segunda
=== Noun ===
dois m (invariable)
two (the numerical value 2 or something with the value of two)
(card games) deuce (card with two spots)
deuce (side of a die with two spots)
two (the character or digit ‘2’)
=== See also ===
=== Further reading ===
“dois”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“dois”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Welsh ==
=== Alternative forms ===
deles, des, deses, dethes (colloquial)
deuthum (literary)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dɔi̯s/
(North Wales, colloquial also) IPA(key): /dɔi̯ʃ/
=== Verb ===
dois
first-person singular preterite colloquial of dod
=== Mutation ===