Duo

Definition: Duo

Duo

Noun

1. Two items of the same kind.

2. Two performers or singers who perform together.

3. A pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome".

4. A musical composition for two performers.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "duo" was first used: 1590 meaning "song for two voices". (references)

Etymology: Duo \Du"o\, noun. [Italian duo, from the Latin expression duo two. See Duet.]. (Websters 1913)

DUO

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Duo

Crosswords: Duo

Dutch (pair), Esperanto (pair), French (duet, duo), German (duet, duo), Italian (duet, duo), Latin (duo, two), Papiamen (pair), Portuguese (duo), Swedish (duet, duetto, duo, pair), Welsh (black, blacken).

Nu ying xiong fei che duo bao (1973)

Tie quan zheng duo (1972)

Duo ming quan wang (1972)

Huang Fei-hong qiao duo sha yu qing (1969)

Duo hun ling (1968)

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Books

• Cooking With Too Hot Tamales: Recipes and Tips from the Television Food Network's Spiciest Cooking Duo (reference)

• Duo Sonata (reference)

• Forensics Duo Series for Young Actors: Comedy (reference)

• Hispanicae Advocationis Libri Duo (reference)

• Legends of Quati Duo (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Accent Duo - Cd-rom (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• A Dick Francis Mysteries Duo (reference)

• The Duo (reference)

• Rugrats - Diapered Duo (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• At Home and on the Range: The Duo Live (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Concord EyeQ Duo LCD Digital Camera (reference)

• Pelican Duo Force 2 Controller in Blue (reference)

• Logitech Cordless Elite Duo (reference)

• Louvre Museum/orsay Museum Duo (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Jeep Wagoneer Limited Duo (reference)

• Kitchen Aid Silicone Spatula & Spoon Duo Pack, White (reference)

• Petzl E68 Duo LED Headlamp (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Appearances can be deceiving. In this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, an odd celestial duo, ... Credit: NASA.

Duo de seringues � baton mécanique entre deux époux dumarais. / Martinet. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The original "Kid Globe" Duo. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dynamic duo. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

At ego cum plurima animo perlustrem, duo tantum invenio, duos, inquam, casus quibus rex ipso facto ex rege non regem se facit & omni honore & dignitate regali atque in subditos potestate destituit; quorum etiam meminit Winzerus. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Beginning with "duo": Duo-art, duo-bus, duo-pianist, duo-pitch, duo-trio.

Ending with "duo": electro-duo.

Arabic 

‏زوج قرين (companion, hubby, husband, man, mate, pair, partner, team, twosome), ‏أثنان (twain, two), ‏ثنائي (bi-, bilateral, binary, dual, duet, duple, pair, twofold, twosome), ‏بادئة معناها إثنان. (various references)

Chinese 

二重奏. (various references)

Danish

duo-trio test (duo-trio test). (various references)

Dutch

driehoekstoets (duo-trio test, triangle test). (various references)

Farsi 

اوازیاموسیقی دونفری(مو.). (various references)

Finnish

duo-trio-testi (duo-trio test). (various references)

French

duo (duet), couple. (various references)

German

duo (duet). (various references)

Greek 

τριγωνικός έλεγχος (duo-trio test, triangle test). (various references)

Hungarian

duó. (various references)

Indonesian

dua (deuce, two), pasangan (counterpart, couple, mate, pair, partner). (various references)

Italian

duo (duet), duetto (duet), tandem (stench, tandem). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

二人組 (pair, twosome), デモ隊 (demonstrator, Du Pont de Nemours, dual, dual coat, dual system, dualism, duel, duet, duetto, duplicate, duty-free, duty-free shop). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

デュオ , ふたりぐみ (pair, twosome), にに�"ぐみ (pair, twosome). (various references)

Korean 

2중창. (various references)

Pig Latin

uoday

Portuguese

dupla (couple, doubles, pair), duo. (various references)

Russian 

дуэт (duet, duetto). (various references)

Spanish

dúo (duet). (various references)

Swedish

duo (duet, duetto, pair), duett (duet, duetto). (various references)

Thai

สองคน, การเล่น�"นตรีคู่. (various references)

Turkish

düet (duet), iki sesli şarkı. (various references)

Ukrainian

дует (duet, duett, duetto). (various references)

duo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "duo": duodecillion, duodecillions, duodecimal, duodecimals, duodecimo, duodecimos, duodena, duodenal, duodenum, duodenums, duolog, duologs, duologue, duologues, duomi, duomo, duomos, duopolies, duopolistic, duopoly, duopsonies, duopsony, duos, duotone, duotones. (additional references)

Words containing "duo": arduous, arduously, arduousness, arduousnesses, assiduous, assiduously, assiduousness, assiduousnesses, deciduous, deciduousness, deciduousnesses, gastroduodenal. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Duo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: auo, daho, dao, daoh, ddo, dei, Deok, dewo, dexo, Dezo, dgo, dho, diao, dibo, dijo, dio, diob, dioc, diok, dmo, dno, dofo, doko, doof, dooh, dook, dooo, doov, dou, douc, doud, douf, douh, doul, doum, doup, dout, doux, douz, doyo, Dozo, dpo, dro, Drukov, dso, dsu, du, Duao, duax, Duboc, Dubon, duc, Duco, dueo, duho, duix, duj, Duk, dul, dulon, duoc, duod, duodu, duoi, duom, Duon, duro, Durox, duso, Duul, duv, duw, duz, duzo, Dvu, dwo, dzo, Euo, juo, Tjuo, Udh, udi, udj, Udl, udo, udon, udp, Udu, uo, uu. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: oud, udo.

-1 letter: do, od.

+1 letter: doum, dour, doux, duos, duro, judo, kudo, loud, ouds, quod, udos, undo, updo.

+2 letters: aloud, audio, bound, cloud, coude, could, donut, doubt, douce, dough, douma, doums, doura, douse, drouk, duomi, duomo, duroc, duros, fondu, found, gourd, hound, judos, kudos, modus, mould, mound, nodus, odeum, odium, odour, outdo, outed, pound, proud, quods, round, scudo, sound, sudor, updos, uredo, vodun, would, wound.