two

See also: two-, twò, tw@, and TWO

Translingual

Signal flag for the digit 2

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Germanic *twai
Proto-West Germanic *twai-der.
Old English twēġen
Old English twā
Middle English two
English twobor.
Translingual two

    Borrowed from English two. Doublet of zwei.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈtu][1]

    Noun

    two

    1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 2.
      Synonym: bissotwo (ITU/IMO)
    ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codesedit
    ITU/IMO radiotelephonic clear codesedit

    Etymology 2

      Abbreviation of English Tswapong.

      Symbol

      two

      1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tswapong.

      See also

      • Wiktionary’s coverage of Tswapong terms

      References

      1. ^ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, October 2001, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

      English

      English numbers (edit)
      20
       ←  1 2 3  → 
          Cardinal: two
          Ordinal: second
          Abbreviated ordinal: 2nd
          Latinate ordinal: secondary
          Reverse order ordinal: second last, second to last, second from last, last but one
          Latinate reverse order ordinal: penultimate
          Adverbial: two times, twice
          Multiplier: twofold
          Latinate multiplier: double
          Distributive: doubly
          Germanic collective: pair, twosome
          Collective of n parts: doublet, couple, couplet
          Greek or Latinate collective: dyad
          Metric collective prefix: double-
          Greek collective prefix: di-, duo-
          Latinate collective prefix: bi-
          Fractional: half
          Metric fractional prefix: demi-
          Latinate fractional prefix: semi-
          Greek fractional prefix: hemi-
          Elemental: twin, doublet
          Greek prefix: deutero-
          Number of musicians: duo, duet, duplet
          Number of years: biennium
          Quantile: median

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        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.

        Pronunciation

        • (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /tu/, [tʰu̟u], enPR: to͞o
          • Audio (UK):(file)
        • Audio (Southern England):(file)
        • (US) IPA(key): /tu/, [tʰu̟], enPR: to͞o
          • Audio (US):(file)
        • Homophones: to, too
        • Rhymes: -uː

        Numeral

        two

        1. A numerical value equal to 2; the number following one and preceding three.
        2. Describing a set or group with two elements.
          • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:
            “ […] The two murders might have been done by one of the ryots who was dissatisfied over his assessment and thought he had a grievance. […].”
          • 2023 July 24, Chris Eberhart, “NY police used AI to track drivers on highways as attorney questions legality”, in Fox News‎[2], archived from the original on 28 August 2023:
            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.

        Derived terms

        Terms derived from two (numeral)

        Descendants

        • Solombala English: ту (tu)
        • Sranan Tongo: tu
          • Saramaccan: tú

        Translations

        See two/translations § Numeral.

        See also

        • Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

        Noun

        two (plural twos)

        1. The digit/figure 2.
          The number 2202 contains three twos.
          • 2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv‎[3], pages 1, 2‎[4]:
            In our example, 1210 has 1 zero, 2 ones, 1 two and 0 threes. […] The number has 2 twos.
        2. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
        3. A child aged two.
          This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
        4. A playing card featuring two pips.
          Synonym: deuce
        5. Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
        6. (film) Ellipsis of two shot.

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • → Russian: туз (tuz, “two-oar dinghy”)

        Translations

        See also

        Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
        ace deuce, two three, trey four, cater five, cinque six seven
        eight nine ten jack, knave queen king joker

        See also

        Anagrams

        Middle English

        Middle English numbers (edit)
        20
         ←  1 2 3  → 
            Cardinal: two, tweye, tweyne
            Ordinal: secunde
            Adverbial: twie, twies
            Multiplier: twofold

        Etymology 1

          From Old English twā, feminine of twēġen.

          Alternative forms

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /twɔ̝ː/, /twoː/
          • (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /twɑː/
          • (Northern) IPA(key): /twaː/

          Numeral

          two

          1. two
            • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:
              Gif tƿa men oþer ·iii· coman ridend to an tun · al þe tunſcipe flugæn foꝛ heom. ƿenden ð hi ƿæron ræuereſ.
              If two or three men came riding into a town, the whole town ran away from them, concluding that they were robbers.
          Descendants
          References

          Etymology 2

          Noun

          two

          1. (Berkshire) alternative form of to (“toe”)

          Saterland Frisian

          Etymology

          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /tvɔ/

          Numeral

          two

          1. feminine of twäin
          2. neuter of twäin

          References

          • Marron C. Fort (2015), “two”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

          Tooro

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /two/

          Pronoun

          two

          1. class 13 of -o: they

          Derived terms

          • -atwo (“their (class 13)”)

          See also

          Tooro personal pronouns
          class person independent possessive subject
          concord           		object
          concord           		combined forms
          na ni
          class 1 first nyowe, nye -ange n- -n- nanyowe, nanye ninyowe, ninye
          second iwe -awe o- -ku- naiwe niiwe
          third uwe -e a- -mu- nawe nuwe
          class 2 first itwe -aitu tu- -tu- naitwe niitwe
          second inywe -anyu mu- -ba- nainywe niinywe
          third bo -abo ba- -ba- nabo nubo
          class 3 gwo -agwo gu- -gu- nagwo nugwo
          class 4 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
          class 5 lyo -alyo li- -li- nalyo niryo
          class 6 go -ago ga- -ga- nago nugo
          class 7 kyo -akyo ki- -ki- nakyo nikyo
          class 8 byo -abyo bi- -bi- nabyo nibyo
          class 9 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
          class 10 zo -azo zi- -zi- nazo nizo
          class 11 rwo -arwo ru- -ru- narwo nurwo
          class 12 ko -ako ka- -ka- nako nuko
          class 13 two -atwo tu- -tu- natwo nutwo
          class 14 bwo -abwo bu- -bu- nabwo nubwo
          class 15 kwo -akwo ku- -ku- nakwo nukwo
          class 16 ho -aho ha- -ha- naho nuho
          class 17 (kwo) N/A ha-
          (...-yo)           		-ha- N/A nukwo
          class 18 (mwo) -amwo ha-
          (...-mu)           		-ha- N/A numwo
          reflexive -enyini, -onyini — -e- —
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