two
التعريفات والمعاني
== Translingual ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from English two.
==== Alternative forms ====
Two, TWO
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): [ˈtu]
==== Noun ====
two
(international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 2.
Synonym: bissotwo (ITU/IMO)
=== Etymology 2 ===
Abbreviation of English Tswapong.
==== Symbol ====
two
(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tswapong.
==== See also ====
Wiktionary’s coverage of Tswapong terms
=== References ===
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
twain (dated)
twey (archaic)
=== Etymology ===
From Middle English two, twa, from Old English twā, feminine and neuter of twēġen (whence twain), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
=== Pronunciation ===
(UK, Canada) IPA(key): /tu/, [tʰu̟u], enPR: to͞o
(US) IPA(key): /tu/, [tʰu̟], enPR: to͞o
Homophones: to, too
Rhymes: -uː
=== Numeral ===
two
A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••).
Describing a set or group with two elements.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Solombala English: ту (tu)
Sranan Tongo: tuSaramaccan: tú
==== Translations ====
==== See also ====
Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
=== Noun ===
two (plural twos)
The digit/figure 2.
(US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
A child aged two.
A playing card featuring two pips.
Synonym: deuce
Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
(film) Ellipsis of two shot.
==== Derived terms ====
two-up
two's complement
==== Descendants ====
→ Russian: туз (tuz, “two-oar dinghy”)
==== Translations ====
==== See also ====
=== See also ===
=== Anagrams ===
OTW, TOW, Tow, WTO, owt, tow, wot
== Middle English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
tuo
twa (Early Middle English or Northern)
=== Etymology ===
From Old English twā, feminine of twēġen.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /twɔ̝ː/, /twoː/
(Early Middle English) IPA(key): /twɑː/
(Northern) IPA(key): /twaː/
=== Numeral ===
two
two
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
English: twoSolombala English: ту (tu)Sranan Tongo: tuSaramaccan: tú
Geordie: twe
Scots: twa, twae
==== References ====
“twō, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
== Saterland Frisian ==
=== Etymology ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tvɔ/
=== Numeral ===
two
feminine of twäin
neuter of twäin
=== References ===
Marron C. Fort (2015), “two”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
== Tooro ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /two/
=== Pronoun ===
two
class 13 of -o: they
==== Derived terms ====
-atwo (“their (class 13)”)
==== See also ====