Meanings
duo1
plural duos
- Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially
- Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially:
- musician groupTwo musicians who perform music together.
- Any pair of people.
- A meal with two paired components.
The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.
Duo2
Synonyms & antonyms
pair of two people
nountwo items of the same kind
nountwo performers or singers who perform together
nouna musical composition for two performers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Italic*duō
- Latinduo“two”
- Italianduo
- Frenchduo
- Englishduo
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.
More words from French, Italian, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian дво́йка
- дво́йка (dvójka)any pair of two people
Catalan parell, parella
- parellany pair of two people
- parellaany pair of two people
- duettwosome, especially musicians
- duotwosome, especially musicians
Chinese Mandarin 二重唱, 二重奏
- 二重唱 (èrchóngchàng)twosome, especially musicians
- 二重奏 (èrchóngzòu)twosome, especially musicians
Czech duo
- duotwosome, especially musicians
Danish duo
- duotwosome, especially musicians
Dutch duo, paar
- duotwosome, especially musicians
- paartwosome, especially musicians
- koppeltwosome, especially musicians
Esperanto duopo
- duopotwosome, especially musicians
Finnish pari, parivaljakko
- pariany pair of two people
- parivaljakkoany pair of two people
- duotwosome, especially musicians
French duo
- duotwosome, especially musicians
German Duo
- Duotwosome, especially musicians
Hebrew צמד
- צמד (tsémed)twosome, especially musicians
Hungarian duó
- duótwosome, especially musicians
Icelandic dúó, par
- dúótwosome, especially musicians
- partwosome, especially musicians
Italian duo, duetto
- duotwosome, especially musicians
- duettotwosome, especially musicians
Japanese 二重唱, 二重奏
- 二重唱 (nijūshō)twosome, especially musicians
- 二重奏 (nijūsō)twosome, especially musicians
- デュオ (dyuo)twosome, especially musicians
- デュエット (dyuetto)twosome, especially musicians
Māori takirua, tokorua
- takiruatwosome, especially musicians
- tokoruatwosome, especially musicians
Norwegian Bokmål duo
- duotwosome, especially musicians
Portuguese dupla, par
- duplatwosome, especially musicians
- partwosome, especially musicians
Russian дуэ́т, дво́йка
- дуэ́т (duét)twosome, especially musicians
- дво́йка (dvójka)twosome, especially musicians
- дво́е (dvóje)twosome, especially musicians
- па́ра (pára)twosome, especially musicians
- дуо (duo)twosome, especially musicians
Spanish dúo, dupla
- dúotwosome, especially musicians
- duplatwosome, especially musicians
- equipo de dostwosome, especially musicians
Swedish duo
- duotwosome, especially musicians
Turkish çift, ikili
- çiftany pair of two people
- ikilitwosome, especially musicians
Ukrainian дві́йка, дуе́т
- дві́йка (dvíjka)any pair of two people
- дуе́т (duét)twosome, especially musicians
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with duo
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Cite this entry
duo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duo
“duo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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