different between two vs atwo
two
Translingual
Etymology
From English two
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?tu?]
Numeral
two
- Code word for the digit 2 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet
Synonyms
ITU/IMO code word bissotwo
References
English
Alternative forms
- twa (obsolete outside dialects)
- twey (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English two, twa, from Old English tw?, neuter of tw??en (whence twain), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?.
Cognate with Scots twa (“two”); North Frisian tou, tuu (“two”); Saterland Frisian twäin, two (“two”); West Frisian twa (“two”); Dutch twee (“two”); Low German twee, twei (“two”); German zwei, zwo (“two”); Danish and Norwegian to (“two”); Swedish två, tu (“two”); Icelandic tvö (“two”); Latin du? (“two”); Ancient Greek ??? (dúo, “two”); Irish dhá (“two”); Lithuanian dù (“two”); Russian ??? (dva, “two”); Albanian dy (“two”); Old Armenian ????? (erku, “two”); Sanskrit ??? (dvá, “two”); Tocharian A wu, Tocharian B wi. Doublet of duo. See also twain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tu?/, [t?u??], enPR: to?o
- (US) IPA(key): /tu/, [t?u?], enPR: to?o
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /twu?/, enPR: two?o
- Rhymes: -u?
- Homophones: to, too
Numeral
two
- A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••).
- Describing a set or group with two elements.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
Noun
two (plural twos)
- The digit/figure 2.
- The number 2202 contains three twos.
- (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
- A child aged two.
- This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
- A playing card featuring two pips.
- Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
Derived terms
- two-up
- two's complement
Translations
See also
See also
Anagrams
- OTW, TOW, Tow, WTO, owt, tow, wot
Middle English
Alternative forms
- twa (Early ME, Northern ME)
- tuo
Etymology
From Old English tw?, feminine of tw??en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tw??/
- (Late ME) IPA(key): /two?/, [tw??]
- (Northern ME) IPA(key): /tw??/
Numeral
two
- two
Related terms
- twelve
Descendants
- English: two
- Scots: twa, twae
- Yola: twye
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tv?/
Numeral
two
- feminine of twäin
- neuter of twäin
References
- “two” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch
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atwo
English
Etymology
a- +? two
Adverb
atwo (not comparable)
- (obsolete) In two; in twain; asunder.
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Pardoner's Tale: 388-91.
- Fordronke, as he sat on his bench upright.
- Ther cam a privee theef men clepeth Deeth,
- That in this contree al the peple sleeth,
- And with his spere he smoot his herte atwo,
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Pardoner's Tale: 388-91.
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