duo

CEFRC1

/ˈdjuː.əʊ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Two people who work or perform together.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any pair of people.

Examples

  • Tom and Mary are a musical duo.

  • The duo arrived on stage.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdju.oʊ/
  • /ˈdu.oʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially

  2. Two musicians who perform music together.

  3. Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.

More examples

In context

  • The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.

  • The comedy duo Laurel and Hardy

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.