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Translingual

Etymology

From English two

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tu?]

Numeral

two

1. 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

1. A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••).
2. 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)

1. The digit/figure 2.

   The number 2202 contains three twos.

2. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
3. A child aged two.

   This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.

4. A playing card featuring two pips.
5. 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

1. 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

1. feminine of twäin
2. neuter of twäin

References

• “two” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch

English

Etymology

di- +? -gon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da???n/, /?da???n/
• Hyphenation: di?gon

Noun

digon (plural digons)

1. (geometry) A polygon having two edges and two vertices.
2. (graph theory) A pair of parallel undirected edges in a multigraph.
3. (graph theory) A pair of antiparallel edges in a directed graph.

Synonyms

• bigon, biangle, diangle (less common)

Translations

Further reading

• digon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Godin, Gondi, OD'ing, dingo, doing, doïng

Esperanto

Noun

digon

1. accusative singular of digo

Welsh

Etymology

Deverbal from digoni (“to be able, to suffice”), from a Proto-Celtic *d?k?n-: *d?- (“from, of”) + possibly the root *k?n- (“sound”) that also appears in gwogawn (“glory”), gogoniant (“splendour”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?d???n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?di???n/, /?d???n/

Noun

digon m (uncountable)

1. enough, plenty, a sufficient amount

Derived terms

• digonol (“adequate”)

Adverb

digon

1. enough, sufficient

Mutation

References