duo

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈdjuː.əʊ//
United Kingdom//ˈd͡ʒuː.əʊ//
Canada//ˈdu.oʊ//
Canada//ˈdju.oʊ//

Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially

noun

1
Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially
2
Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially: Two musicians who perform music together.
3
Any pair of people.
4
Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.
5
A meal with two paired components.
The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.
6
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.

Etymology

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.

Forms

plural: duos

Dunk · A surname.Dunn · A surname from Irish.dunno · An utterance of the word dunno.

duo · Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially

Duo · An unincorporated community in West Virginia.duplicate · Being the same as another; identical, often having been…Duran · A commune in Gers department, Occitania, France.

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