English

Alternative forms

• do's

Noun

dos pl ‎(plural only)

1. plural of do

Anagrams

• dso, DSO
• ods, ODS
• SDO
• sod

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative form of duo.

Numeral

dos (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) two

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dos/
• Rhymes: -os

Etymology 1

From Old Provençal dos, from Latin duōs, accusative form of duo ‎(“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

dos m ‎(feminine dues)

1. (cardinal) two

Usage notes

• Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives, except un/una ‎(“1”), dos/dues ‎(“2”), cents/centes ‎(“100s”) and its compounds. When used as nouns, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts, but in expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock), they are feminine because the feminine noun hora has been elided.

Derived terms

• sabràs dos i dos quants fan

Noun

dos m ‎(plural dosos)

1. two

Etymology 2

Noun

dos

1. plural of do

Etymology 3

From Latin dorsum ‎(“back”).

Noun

dos m ‎(plural dossos)

1. Archaic form of dors.

Derived terms

• tocar el dos

Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dos, from de + os.

Preposition

dos m pl ‎(singular dos, feminine da, feminine plural das)

1. contraction of de ‎(“of”) + os ‎(“the”)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     Esti términu Mañegu, o mais pequenu dos tres, formaba parti, con términus de Vilamel i Trevellu, da pruvincia de Salamanca hasta o anu 1833 […]

     This San Martinese locality, the smallest of the three, formed, along with the Vilamen and Trevejo localities, the Salamanca province until the year 1833 […]

French

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Latin dorsum (through a Vulgar Latin *dossum). Compare Romansch dies and Romanian dos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do/

Noun

dos m ‎(plural dos)

1. (anatomy) back (of a person)
2. (in the plural) backs (of persons)
3. backstroke

Antonyms

• tranchant

Derived terms

• adosser
• dorsal
• dos crawlé
• dossard
• dossier
• faire le gros dos

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de ‎(“of, from”) + masculine plural definite article os ‎(“the”). Akin to Portuguese dos (de + os).

Contraction

dos m pl ‎(masculine do, feminine da, feminine plural das)

1. of the; from the

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish doss ‎(“bush, thicket, tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʌsˠ/

Noun

dos m ‎(genitive singular dois, nominative plural dosanna)

1. tuft

Declension

Mutation

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese dois, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling דוס)

1. (cardinal) two

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis, from the root *deh₃- ‎(“give”).

Cognate with Ancient Greek δόσις ‎(dósis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /doːs/

Noun

dōs f ‎(genitive dōtis); third declension

1. dowry
2. gift, endowment, talent

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• dōtō

Descendants

• Dalmatian: duauta
• French: dot
• Italian: dota, dote
• Portuguese: dote
• Spanish: dote

References

• dos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dos in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DOS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dos”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give a dowry to one's daughter: dotem filiae dare
    
• dos in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dos in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Verb

dos

1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of dot
2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of dot

Malay

Noun

dos

1. dose

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːs/

Verb

dos

1. second-person singular imperative of mynet

Norman

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m ‎(plural dos)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) back (of a person)

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m ‎(oblique plural dos, nominative singular dos, nominative plural dos)

1. (anatomy) back

Descendants

• French: dos
• Norman: dos (Jersey)
• Walloon: dos

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

1. two (2)

Descendants

• Catalan: dos
• Occitan: dos

Papiamentu

Numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two (2)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• d'os (dated)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈduʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdus/, /ˈdos/

Contraction

dos

1. Contraction of de os ‎(“pertaining or relating to the”).; of the; from the (masculine plural)

   dos Santos‎

   of the Saints

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:do.

See also

• do (singular form)
• das (feminine form)
• da (singular feminine form)

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum. Compare French dos and Romansch dies.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -os

Noun

dos n ‎(plural dosuri)

1. (anatomy) back
2. (anatomy) bottom, behind, buttocks
3. reverse
4. backside, rear
5. tails (on a coin)

Synonyms

• (back): spate
• (bottom, behind, buttocks): fund

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Ancient Greek δύο ‎(dúo), Old English twa (English two), Persian دو.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dos/

Numeral

dos

1. (cardinal) two

Related terms

• dos puntos

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

dos c

1. dose (of medication)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish dos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dos/

Numeral

dos

1. two

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m

1. (anatomy) back

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːs/

Verb

dos

1. (literary, North Wales) second-person singular imperative of mynd

Synonyms

• cer (South Wales)

Mutation