Meanings
two1
alternative dated twain · alternative archaic twey · alternative tew
- Describing a set or group with two elements.
“[…]The two murders might have been done by one of the ryots who was dissatisfied over his assessment and thought he had a grievance. […].”
1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings1 more example
The surveillance program includes at least 480 LPRs that scan and record about 16.2 million vehicles per week and stores that data for two years, he wrote in the court filing.
2023 July 24, Chris Eberhart, “NY police used AI to track drivers on highways as attorney questions legality”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2023
plural twos · alternative dated twain · alternative archaic twey · alternative tew
- The digit/figure 2.
The number 2202 contains three twos.
1 more example
In our example, 1210 has 1 zero, 2 ones, 1 two and 0 threes. […] The number has 2 twos.
2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv, pages 1, 2 - USinformalA two-dollar bill.
- A child aged two.
This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
- A playing card featuring two pips.
Synonyms: deuce
- Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Three Investigators Come across a Dark Soul”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019 - abbreviationellipsisbroadcastingEllipsis of two shot.
TWO2
- rail transportThe station code of Tai Wo in Hong Kong.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA playing card featuring two pips.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Germanic*twai
- Proto-West Germanic*twai-
- Old Englishtwā
- Middle Englishtwo
- Englishtwo
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English two, twa, from Old English twā, feminine and neuter of twēġen (whence twain), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates 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”); Faroese tvey (“two”); Latin duō (“two”); Ancient Greek δύο (dúo, “two”); Irish dhá (“two”); Lithuanian dù (“two”); Russian два (dva, “two”); Albanian dy (“two”); Old Armenian երկու (erku, “two”); Sanskrit द्व (dvá, “two”); Tocharian A wu, Tocharian B wi. Doublet of duo. See also twain. Unrelated to resembling words in Austronesian languages, including Malagasy roa; Cebuano and Tagalog dalawa; West Coast Bajau and Minangkabau duo; Buginese ᨉᨘᨓ (dua); Indonesian, Iban, Iranun, Ilocano, Sundanese, and Malay dua; West Coast Bajau and Minangkabau duo; Fijian, Māori, Rapa Nui, and Rotuman rua; Niuean and Tongan ua; Hawaiian, Samoan, and Wallisian lua; South Marquesan 'ua. All of which originated from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans twee
- tweecardinal number 2
Ancient Greek δύο, β΄
- δύο (dúo)cardinal number 2
- β΄cardinal number 2
Arabic اِثْنَانِ, اِثْنَتَانِ
- اِثْنَانِ (iṯnāni)cardinal number 2
- اِثْنَتَانِ (iṯnatāni)cardinal number 2
- ثِنْتَانِ (ṯintāni)cardinal number 2
- ٢cardinal number 2
- اتنين (itnēn)cardinal number 2
- اثنين (itnēn)cardinal number 2
- جوج (jūj)cardinal number 2
- تنين (tnīn)cardinal number 2
Basque bi, bi
- bicardinal number 2
- bidigit or figure
Bavarian German zwoa
- zwoacardinal number 2
Bengali দুই
- দুই (dui)cardinal number 2
Bulgarian два, дво́йка
- два (dva)cardinal number 2
- дво́йка (dvójka)digit or figure
Catalan dos, dues
- doscardinal number 2
- duescardinal number 2
- dosdigit or figure
Chinese эр, лён
- эр (er)cardinal number 2
- лён (lion)cardinal number 2
- 二 (jī, lī)cardinal number 2
- 兩 /两 (nn̄g)cardinal number 2
Chinese Cantonese 二, 兩 /两
- 二 (ji⁶)cardinal number 2
- 兩 /两 (loeng⁵)cardinal number 2
Chinese Mandarin 二, 兩 /两
- 二 (èr)cardinal number 2
- 兩 /两 (liǎng)cardinal number 2
- 二 (èr)digit or figure
Czech dva, dvě
- dvacardinal number 2
- dvěcardinal number 2
- dvojecardinal number 2
- dvojkadigit or figure
Danish to, total
- tocardinal number 2
- totaldigit or figure
Dari دُو, ۲
- دُو (dū)cardinal number 2
- ۲cardinal number 2
Dutch twee, twee
- tweecardinal number 2
- tweedigit or figure
- biljet van twee dollartwo-dollar bill
Esperanto du, du
- ducardinal number 2
- dudigit or figure
Estonian kaks, kaks
- kakscardinal number 2
- kaksdigit or figure
Finnish kaksi, kaksi
- kaksicardinal number 2
- kaksidescribing set or group with two elements
- kakkonendigit or figure
- kahden dollarin setelitwo-dollar bill
- kaksivuotiaschild aged two
- kakkonenplaying card
French deux, deux
- deuxcardinal number 2
- deuxdigit or figure
- billet de deux dollarstwo-dollar bill
German zwei (zwo, zween), Zwei
- zwei (zwo, zween)cardinal number 2
- Zweidigit or figure
- Zweiertwo-dollar bill
- Zweidollarscheintwo-dollar bill
Greek δύο
- δύο (dýo)cardinal number 2
Hawaiian lua, ʻelua
- luacardinal number 2
- ʻeluacardinal number 2
Hebrew שתיים, שְׁתַּיִם
- שתייםcardinal number 2
- שְׁתַּיִם (sh'táyim)cardinal number 2
- שנייםcardinal number 2
- שְׁנַיִם (sh'náyim)cardinal number 2
- שתיים (shtáyim)digit or figure
Hindi दो, दुई
- दो (do)cardinal number 2
- दुई (duī)cardinal number 2
- द्वि (dvi)cardinal number 2
- दो (do)digit or figure
Hungarian kettő, két
- kettőcardinal number 2
- kétcardinal number 2
- kettődigit or figure
- kettesdigit or figure
Icelandic tveir, tvær
- tveircardinal number 2
- tværcardinal number 2
- tvöcardinal number 2
Indonesian dua
- duacardinal number 2
Iranian Persian دو, ۲
- دو (do)cardinal number 2
- ۲cardinal number 2
- اِثْنان (esnân)cardinal number 2
Irish dó, dhá
- dócardinal number 2
- dhácardinal number 2
- beirtcardinal number 2
- dhádigit or figure
Italian due, paio
- duecardinal number 2
- paiodescribing set or group with two elements
- coppiadescribing set or group with two elements
- duedigit or figure
- biglietto da due dollaritwo-dollar bill
- bancanota da due dollaritwo-dollar bill
Japanese 二, 二つ
- 二 (ni)cardinal number 2
- 二つ (futatsu)cardinal number 2
- ツー (tsū)cardinal number 2
- 二 (ni)digit or figure
- ツー (tsū)digit or figure
- 二ドル紙幣 (ni doru shihei)two-dollar bill
- 二ドル札 (ni doru satsu)two-dollar bill
Korean 둘, 두
- 둘 (dul)cardinal number 2
- 두 (du)cardinal number 2
- 이 (i)cardinal number 2
- 투 (tu)cardinal number 2
- 2달러 지폐 (idalleo jipye)two-dollar bill
Latin duo, duae
- duocardinal number 2
- duaecardinal number 2
Latvian divi, divas
- divicardinal number 2
- divascardinal number 2
Lithuanian du, dvi
- ducardinal number 2
- dvicardinal number 2
- dvejetasdigit or figure
Malay دوا, دوي
- دواcardinal number 2
- دويcardinal number 2
- duacardinal number 2
- dwicardinal number 2
Māori rua
- ruacardinal number 2
Norwegian Bokmål to
- tocardinal number 2
Persian دو
- دو (do)digit or figure
Polish dwa, dwójka
- dwacardinal number 2
- dwójkadigit or figure
- dwulatekchild aged two
- dwulatkachild aged two
Portuguese dois, duas
- doiscardinal number 2
- duascardinal number 2
- doisdigit or figure
- cédula de dois dólarestwo-dollar bill
- nota de dois dólarestwo-dollar bill
Punjabi ਦੋ, دو
- ਦੋ (do)cardinal number 2
- دو (do)cardinal number 2
Romanian doi, două
- doicardinal number 2
- douăcardinal number 2
- doidigit or figure
Russian два, две
- два (dva)cardinal number 2
- две (dve)cardinal number 2
- дво́е (dvóje)cardinal number 2
- дво́йка (dvójka)cardinal number 2
- па́ра (pára)describing set or group with two elements
- дво́йка (dvójka)digit or figure
- пара (para)digit or figure
- двухдо́лларовая купюра (dvuxdóllarovaja kupjura)two-dollar bill
- двухдо́лларовая банкнота (dvuxdóllarovaja banknota)two-dollar bill
- двухлетнийchild aged two
Scottish Gaelic dà, dhà
- dàcardinal number 2
- dhàcardinal number 2
- dithiscardinal number 2
- dhàdigit or figure
Slovak dvaja, dva
- dvajacardinal number 2
- dvacardinal number 2
- dvecardinal number 2
Spanish dos, dos
- doscardinal number 2
- dosdigit or figure
Swahili wili
- wilicardinal number 2
Swedish två, tvåa
- tvåcardinal number 2
- tvåadigit or figure
- tvådollarssedeltwo-dollar bill
Tagalog dalawa, dalawa
- dalawacardinal number 2
- dalawadigit or figure
Tamil இரண்டு, ரெண்டு
- இரண்டு (iraṇṭu)cardinal number 2
- ரெண்டு (reṇṭu)cardinal number 2
- இரண்டு (iraṇṭu)digit or figure
Thai สอง
- สอง (sɔ̌ɔng)cardinal number 2
Turkish iki
- ikicardinal number 2
Ukrainian два, дві
- два (dva)cardinal number 2
- дві (dvi)cardinal number 2
- дво́є (dvóje)cardinal number 2
- дві́йко (dvíjko)cardinal number 2
- дві́єчко (dvíječko)cardinal number 2
- дві́йка (dvíjka)cardinal number 2
- дві́йка (dvíjka)digit or figure
Urdu دو, ۲
- دو (do)cardinal number 2
- ۲cardinal number 2
Vietnamese hai
- haicardinal number 2
Welsh dau, dwy
- daucardinal number 2
- dwycardinal number 2
- daudigit or figure
- dwydigit or figure
Yiddish צוויי
- צוויי (tsvey)cardinal number 2
Zulu bili
- bilicardinal number 2
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Cite this entry
two. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two
“two.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “two,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two.
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