dous

dous

1. sweet

dous

1. two

Galician numbers ^(edit)

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[a], [b], [c], [d], [e] ←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal (standard / feminine): dúas     Cardinal (reintegrationist / feminine): duas     Cardinal (masculine): dous     Ordinal: segundo     Ordinal abbreviation: 2º     Multiplier (standard): (noun) dobre     Multiplier (reintegrationist): (noun) dobro     Multiplier: (adjective) duplo     Fractional (standard): (adjective) medio     Fractional (reintegrationist): (adjective) meio     Fractional: (noun) metade
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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs. Cognate with Portuguese dois and Spanish dos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdows/ [ˈd̪ows̺]

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• Rhymes: -ows

dous m (feminine dúas)
dous m (feminine duas, reintegrationist norm)

1. two

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dous”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dous”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dous”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dous”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dous”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Leonese dos, from Latin duōs.

dous m (feminine dúas)

1. two

• Pallabreiru Llïonés

From Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

dous

1. two

From Latin dulcem.

dous m (oblique and nominative feminine singular douse)

1. soft (not hard)
2. (by extension) soft, tender

• dulcement

• French: doux
  • → Luxembourgish: duuss
• Norman: doux
• → Middle English: douce, douse, dowce, dowse
  • English: douce
  • Scots: douce

See deus.

dous m

1. Alternative form of deus (two)

Old Galician-Portuguese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dous

Inherited from Latin duōs (“two”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdows̺/

dous (feminine duas)

1. two (2)

• Fala: dois
• Galician: dous
• Portuguese: dois, dous (dated)

• Universo Cantigas - "dous"

From Latin dulcis.

• IPA^(key): /duws/

dous m (feminine singular dousa, masculine plural dous, feminine plural dousas)

1. soft (not hard)
2. (by extension) soft, tender, sweet

• dousamen

• Occitan: doç

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ows, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -owʃ, (Brazil) -os, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃ
• Hyphenation: dous

dous (feminine duas)

1. Dated form of dois.

• Macanese: (probably through Indo-Portuguese and/or Kristang) dôs