Two

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.1.1 Pronounciation 1.1.2 Hyphenation 1.2 Cardinal number 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also

English

Etymology

Old English twa, from Germanic *twai, *two, from PIE *dwô. Cognate to German zwei, French deux, Greek δυο, Russian два. Combining form twi-, cognate to German zwi-, Sanskrit દ્વિ dwi-.

Pronounciation

• AHD : tōō
• IPA :
• SAMPA :

Hyphenation

two

Cardinal number

two

• Arabic numerals : 2
• Chinese numerals : 貳, 二
• Roman numerals : II, ii (Unicode: Ⅱ, ⅱ)
  • Last: one, 1
  • Next: three, 3

1. The cardinality of the set {0, 1}; one plus one. (The number of eyes that a typical human has.)
2. The ordinality of an element whose predecessor is first; usually called second but sometimes number two.

   Turn to page two. ( = turn to the second page)

Translations

one plus one

Afrikaans: twee Albanian: dy Apache (Western): naki Arabic: اثنان (iθnaːn), جُوج (zhuzh) (Morocco) Aymara: paya Basque: bi Bengali: দুই (dui) Bosnian: dva m, dvije f, dva n Breton: daou m, div f Bulgarian: две (dve) Cantonese: 二, 两 (yi6) Catalan: dos m, dues f (ca) Cornish: dew m, diw f Cherokee: ᏔᎵ (tali) Chinese: 二, 两 ( pinyin: èr ) Czech: dva, dvě Dutch: twee Esperanto: du (1), dua (2) kaks Fijian: rua kaksi (Suomi ) deux Frisian: twa Galician: dous zwei, zwo (de) Greek: δύο (dúo) Guarani: mokõi Hebrew: שתיים (Sh'taim) f (Used for numbering) ,שניים (Sh'naim) m दो (do) Hungarian: kettő, két Icelandic: tveir m, tvær f, tvö n Ido: du Indonesian: dua Interlingua: duo Italian: due

二 (に, ni), 二つ (ふたつ , futatsu) Kalaallisut: marluk Korean: 둘 (dul)/두 (du); 이 (二; i) Klingon:  (cha') Kurdish: دو (du) Latin: duo Latvian: divi Lingua Franca Nova: du Lithuanian: du Lojban: re Manchu: juwe Marathi: दोन (dona) Mapunzugan: epu Maricopa: xvikk Marshallese: ruo Nahuatl: ome to O'odham: Old English: twēġen , twa Persian: دو (do) dwa dois m, duas f Punjabi: ਦੋ (daō) doi m, două f два m & n, две f Saami: guokte Sanskrit: द्वे (dve) Sasxsek: tuf Scottish Gaelic: dà (before nouns), dhà (free-standing) Serbian: два (dva) Slovak: dva Slovio: dva dos två (Svenska ) dalawá Thai: สอง Tok Pisin: tupela Tupinambá: mokõî Turkish: iki Urdu: دو (du) Vietnamese: hai Welsh: dau m, dwy f Yiddish: (tsvay)

ordinality

French: deux Italian: due

Portuguese: número dois Romanian: numărul doi Welsh: ail

Noun

two (plural twos)

1. The digit/figure 2.

   The number 2202 contains three twos.

2. (US informal) A two-dollar bill.

Translations

digit or figure

Czech: dvojka f Esperanto: du Estonian: kaks Finnish: kakkonen French: deux m (plural deux) German: Zwei f Hebrew: שתיים f Interlingua: duo (plural duos) Italian: due m (plural due)

Lithuanian: dvejetas m Polish: dwójka f Portuguese: dois m Romanian: doi m Spanish: dos m Swedish: tvåa Tok Pisin: tu dau m, dwy f

two-dollar bill

French: billet de deux dollars m Italian: biglietto da due dollari m, bancanota da due dollari f

Adjective

two (plural: twos )

1. Two years of age, two years old.

Translations

• Esperanto: dujara
• French: (not translated as using the verb to be as in English; he is two = il a deux ans)
• Italian: (not translated as using the verb to be as in English; he is two = ha due anni)

See also

• 2
• 2nd
• both
• couple
• double
• dual
• pair
• second
• twice