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Webster 1913 Edition

Two

(toō)

Adj.

[OE.

two

twa

, properly fem. & neut.,

twei

twein

tweien

, properly masc. (whence E.

twain

), AS.

twā

, fem. & neut.,

twēgen

, masc.,

tū

, neut.; akin to OFries.

twēne

, masc.,

twā

, fem. & neut., OS.

twēne

, masc.,

twā

, fem.,

twē

, neut., D.

twee

, OHG.

zwēne

zwō

zwei

, G.

zwei

, Icel.

tveir

tvær

tvau

, Sw.

två

, Dan.

, Goth.

twai

twōs

twa

; Lith.

, Russ.

dva

, Ir. & Gael.

, W.

dau

dwy

, L.

duo

, Gr.

δύο

, Skr.

dva

. √300. Cf.

two in cards,

Noun.

One and one; twice one.

“Two great lights.”

Gen. i. 16.

“Two black clouds.”

Milton.

☞ Two is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, consisting of, or having, two parts, divisions, organs, or the like; as two-bladed, two-celled, two-eared, two-flowered, twohand, two-headed, two-horse, two-leafed or two-leaved, two-legged, two-lobed, two-masted, two-named, two-part, two-petaled, two-pronged, two-seeded, two-sided, two-story, two-stringed, two-toothed, two-valved, two-winged, and the like.

One or two

a phrase often used indefinitely for a small number.

Two

Noun.

The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.

A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.

In two

asunder; into two parts; in halves; in twain; as, cut in two.

Webster 1828 Edition

Two

TWO

Adj.

[L. duo.]

One and one. Two similar horses used together, are called a span, or a pair.

Two is used in composition; as in two-legged. Man is a two-legged animal.

Definition 2024

two

See also: two-

English

**English numbers**
	20
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : two Ordinal : second Adverbial : twice Multiplier : double

Alternative forms

twa (obsolete outside dialects)

Numeral

two

(cardinal) A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Ordinal: second.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
  Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
Describing a set or group with two components.
- 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. […].”

Derived terms

Terms derived from two (numeral)

Translations

one plus one

Abaza: гIвба ‎(gIvbā)
Abkhaz: ҩба ‎(ʿ°bā)
Afrikaans: twee
Ainu: ツ゜ ‎(tu)
Albanian: dy (sq)
Alutiiq: mal'uk
American Sign Language:
Amharic: ሁለት (am) ‎(hulät) (numeral: ፪ ‎(2))
Amuzgo: bè
Ancient Greek: δύο ‎(dúo)
Arabic: اِثْنَانِ ‎(iṯnāni), (numeral: ٢ ‎(2))

Egyptian: اتنين ‎(itnēn)

Moroccan: جُوج ‎(žūž)
Aragonese: dos
Aramaic:

Hebrew: תרין m ‎(trēn), תרתין f ‎(tartēn)

Syriac: ܬܪܝܢ m ‎(trēn), ܬܪܬܝܢ f ‎(tartēn)
Armenian: երկու (hy) ‎(erku), երկուս ‎(erkus)
Aromanian: doi (roa-rup)
Asháninka: apite
Assamese: দুই ‎(dui)
Asturian: dos (ast)
Aymara: paya (ay)
Azeri: iki (az)
Balinese: dadua
Bashkir: ике ‎(ike)
Basque: bi (eu)
Belarusian: два m ‎(dva), (collective) дво́е ‎(dvóje), дво́йка f ‎(dvójka)
Bengali: দুই (bn) ‎(dui) (numeral: ২ ‎(2))
Brahui: iraŧ
Breton: daou (br) m, div (br) f
Bulgarian: две (bg) ‎(dve)
Burmese: နှစ် (my) ‎(hnac) (numeral: ၂ ‎(2))
Catalan: dos (ca) m, dues (ca) f
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⵉⵏ m ‎(sin)
Chamicuro: ma'pojta
Chechen: шиъ ‎(šiʾ)
Cherokee: ᏔᎵ ‎(tali)
Chichewa: wiri
Chinese:

Bai: 二 ‎(ko)

Cantonese: 二 ‎(yi⁶), 两 ‎(loeng⁵)

Gan: 二 ‎(ě)

Hakka: 二 ‎(ngiì), 两 ‎(liǎng)

Mandarin: 二 (zh) ‎(èr), 两 (zh) ‎(liǎng) (numeral: 貳)

Min Dong: 二 ‎(nei, ni), 两 ‎(lang)

Northern Hokkien (Min Bei): 二 ‎(ni)

Southern Hokkien (Min Nan): (Xiamen) 二 (zh-min-nan) ‎(nng, dzi); (Teochew) ri6, no6

Wu: 二 ‎(lia)
Chuvash: иккӗ ‎(ikkĕ), икӗ ‎(ikĕ), ик ‎(ik)
Cornish: dew m, diw f
Corsican: dui (co)
Crimean Tatar: eki
Czech: dva (cs), dvě (cs), (collective) dvoje (cs)
Dalmatian: doi
Danish: to (da)
Dena'ina: nutiha
Dolgan: икки ‎(ikki)
Dutch: twee (nl)
Eastern Mari: кокыт ‎(kokət)
Erzya: кавто ‎(kavto)
Esperanto: du (eo), dua (eo) (2)
Estonian: kaks (et)
Faroese: tveir m, tvær f, tvey n
Fijian: rua (fj)
Finnish: kaksi (fi)
French: deux (fr)
Friulian: doi, dôs
Ga: enyɔ̃, enyɔ
Galician: dous (gl), dúas f
Garifuna: biñá, biama, bián
Ge'ez: ክልኤቱ m ‎(kəlʾetu), ክልኤቲ f ‎(kəlʾeti) (numeral: ፪ ‎(2))
Georgian: ორი (ka) ‎(ori)
German: zwei (de) (zwo (de), zween)
Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 ‎(twai)
Greek: δύο (el) ‎(dýo), β΄ ‎(v΄) (numeral)
Greenlandic: marluk (kl)
Guaraní: mokõi
Gujarati: બગડો ‎(bagaḍo) (numeral: ૨ (gu) ‎(2))
Haitian Creole: de
Hausa: biyu
Hawaiian: lua, ʻelua
Hebrew: שתיים f ‎(štáyim) (used for numbering), שניים m ‎(šnáyim)
Hindi: दो (hi) ‎(do) (numeral: २ (hi) ‎(2))
Hopi: lööyöʼ
Hungarian: kettő (hu), két (hu)
Iban: dua
Icelandic: tveir (is) m, tvær (is) f, tvö (is) n
Ido: du (io)
Ilocano: dua
Inari Sami: kyehti
Indonesian: dua (id)
Interlingua: duo
Irish: dó (ga), (when counting objects) dhá, (when counting people) beirt
Old Irish: dá
Istriot: dui, duj
Istro-Romanian: doi
Italian: due (it)
Japanese: 二 (ja) ‎(に, ni), 二つ (ja) ‎(ふたつ, futatsu), ２ (ja)
Javanese: loro (jv), ro (jv), roro (jv)
Jersey Dutch: twî
Kalmyk: хойр ‎(xoyr)
Kannada: ಎರಡು (kn) ‎(eraḍu) (numeral: ೨ (kn) ‎(2))
Karachay-Balkar: эки ‎(eki)
Karaim: ėki
Karelian: kaksi
Kashubian: dwa
Kazakh: екі (kk) ‎(eki)
Khakas: ікі ‎(íkí)
Khanty: (Kazym) кӑт ‎(kăt), кӑтн ‎(kătn)
Khmer: ពីរ (km) ‎(pī) (numeral: ២ ‎(2))
Komi-Zyrian: кык ‎(kyk)
Korean: 둘 (ko) ‎(dul), (adjective) 두 (ko) ‎(du), 이 (ko) ‎(二, i)
Kumyk: эки ‎(eki)
Kurdish:

Kurmanji: du (ku)

Sorani: دوو ‎(dû)
Kyrgyz: эки (ky) ‎(eki)
Ladin: doi
Lakota: núŋpa
Lao: ສອງ ‎(sǭng) (numeral: ໒ ‎())
Latgalian: div
Latin: duo (la) m, n, duae f
Latvian: divi (lv), divas
Lithuanian: du (lt) m, dvi (lt) f
Livonian: kakš
Lojban: re
Low German:

Dutch Low Saxon: twei

German Low German: twei
Luxembourgish: zwee (lb), zwéin (lb), zwou (lb)
Lü: ᦉᦸᧂ ‎(ṡoang)
Macedonian: два (mk) ‎(dva)
Malagasy: roa (mg)
Malay:

Rumi: dua (ms), dwi

Jawi: دوا, دوي

Malayalam: രണ്ടു (ml) ‎(raṇṭu), രണ്ട് (ml) ‎(raṇṭ)
Maltese: tnejn
Manchu: juwe
Mangarevan: rua
Mansi: китыг ‎(kityg)
Manx: daa, ghaa
Maori: rua (mi)
Mapudungun: epu
Marathi: दोन (mr) ‎(dona)
Maricopa: xavik, hvik
Marshallese: ruo
Megleno-Romanian: doi
Mi'kmaq: dabu
Minangkabau: duo
Mirandese: dous
Mongolian: хоёр (mn) ‎(hojor), ^{(please verify)}ᠬᠣᠶᠠᠷ ‎(qoyar) (numeral: ᠒)
Montagnais: nishᵘ
Nahuatl: ome (nah)
Nama: ǀgam
Nauruan: aro
Navajo: naaki
Nepali: दुई (ne) ‎(dui)
Ngazidja Comorian: -ili
North Frisian: (Mooring) twäär m tou f, n, (Föhr-Amrum, Helgoland, Sylt) tau
North Marquesan: úa
Northern Sami: guokte
Norwegian: to (no)
Novial: du
O'odham: go꞉k
Occitan: dos (oc) m, doas (oc) f
Ojibwe: niizh
Old Church Slavonic: дъва m ‎(dŭva)
Old English: twēġen m, twā f, n
Old Frisian: twā
Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰃 ‎(eki)
Oriya: ଦୁଇ (or) ‎(dui) (numeral: ୨)
Oscan: 𐌃𐌖𐌔 ‎(dus)
Ottoman Turkish: ایكی ‎(iki)
Papiamentu: dos
Pashto: دوه (ps) ‎(dwa)
Persian: دو (fa) ‎(do) (numeral: ۲)
Pipil: ume
Polish: dwa (pl) n
Portuguese: dois (pt) m, duas (pt) f
Punjabi: ਦੋ ‎(dō) (numeral: ੨ ‎(2))
Purepecha: tsimani
Quechua: iskay (qu), iskai, işkai
Rajasthani:
Rapa Nui: rua
Ratahan: rua
Rohingya: dui
Romani: dui
Romanian: doi (ro) m, două (ro) f
Romansch: dus m, duas f
Russian: два (ru) m, n ‎(dva), две (ru) f ‎(dve), дво́е (ru) ‎(dvóje) (collective), дво́йка (ru) f ‎(dvójka)
Rusyn: два ‎(dva)
S'gaw Karen: ခံ ‎(khi)
Samoan: lua (sm)
Sanskrit: द्वि (sa) ‎(dvi)
Saterland Frisian: two
Scots: twa
Scottish Gaelic: dà (before nouns), dhà (free-standing), (persons) dithis f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: два̑

Roman: dvȃ
Shan: သွင် ‎(sʰɔŋ1)
Sichuan Yi: ꑍ ‎(nyip)
Sicilian: dui (scn)
Sikkimese: ཉི ‎(nyi)
Sindhi: ٻَه (sd) ‎(ba)
Sinhalese: දෙක (si) ‎(deka)
Skolt Sami: kue´htt
Slovak: dvaja, dva (sk), dve
Slovene: dvá (sl), (when counting) dvé
Slovincian: dvȧ͂
Somali: labba
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: dwa

Upper Sorbian: dwaj (hsb) m, dwě f, n
South Marquesan: úa
Southern Altai: эки ‎(eki)
Spanish: dos (es)
Swedish: två (sv)
Tagalog: dalawá
Tahitian: piti, (when counting objects) rua, (when counting people) to'opiti
Tajik: ду (tg) ‎(du)
Talysh: (Asalemi) ده ‎(də)
Tamil: இரண்டு (ta) ‎(iraṇṭu) (numeral: ௨ ‎(௨))
Taos: wí’iną
Tashelhit: sin m, snat f
Tatar: ике (tt) ‎(ike)
Telugu: రెండు (te) ‎(reṃḍu) (numeral: ౨ (te) ‎(2))
Tetum: rua
Thai: สอง (th) ‎(sááwng) (numeral: ๒ (th))
Tibetan: གཉིས ‎(gnyis) (numeral: ༢ ‎(2))
Tigre: ክልኦት m ‎(kəlʔot), ክልኤ f ‎(kəlʔe) (numeral: ፪ ‎(2))
Tigrinya: ክልተ (ti) ‎(kəltä) (numeral: ፪ ‎(2))
Timugon Murut: duo
Tlingit: déix̱, dáx̱náx̱
Tocharian A: wu, we
Tocharian B: wi
Tok Pisin: tupela
Tongan: ua
Tupinambá: mokõî
Turkish: iki (tr)
Turkmen: iki (tk)
Tuvaluan: lua
Tz'utujil: ka’i
Udmurt: кык ‎(kyk)
Ukrainian: два (uk) m ‎(dva), дві f ‎(dvi), дво́є ‎(dvóje) (collective), дві́йко ‎(dvíjko)(colloquial), дві́єчко ‎(dvíječko) (colloquial diminutive), дві́йка (uk) f ‎(dvíjka)
Umbrian: 𐌕𐌖𐌚 ‎(tuf)
Unami: nisha
Urdu: دو ‎(do)
Uyghur: ئىككى (ug) ‎(ikki)
Uzbek: ikki (uz)
Venetian: do, due
Veps: kaks'
Vietnamese: hai (vi)
Volapük: tel (vo)
Votic: kahsi, кахси
Võro: katś
Walloon: deus (wa)
Waray-Waray: duha
Welsh: dau (cy) m, dwy (cy) f
West Frisian: twa (fy)
Western Apache: naki
Winnebago: nųųp
Wiradhuri: bula
Xhosa: mbini
Yagnobi: дӯ
Yakut: икки ‎(ikki)
Yiddish: צוויי ‎(tsvey)
Yoruba:
Yup'ik: malruk
Zhuang: ngeih, ŋeiƅ (二); song, soŋ (雙, 双)
Zulu:
Zuni: kwili

set or group with two components

Finnish: pari (fi)
Latgalian: diveji m, divejis f
Lithuanian: dvejeri (lt) m, dvejerios f

Polish: para (pl) f, dwójka (pl) f
Portuguese: par (pt) m, pares (pt) m pl
Russian: дво́йка (ru) f ‎(dvójka)

Noun

two ‎(plural twos)

The digit/figure 2.
The number 2202 contains three twos.
(US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
A child aged two.
This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
The playing cards featuring two pips.

Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)

ace	deuce, two	three	four	five	six	seven

eight	nine	ten	jack	queen	king	joker

Derived terms

Translations

digit or figure

Armenian: երկու (hy) ‎(erku), երկուս ‎(erkus)
Asturian: dos (ast) m
Basque: bi (eu)
Belarusian: дво́йка f ‎(dvójka)
Catalan: dos (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 二 (zh) ‎(èr)
Czech: dvojka (cs) f
Danish: total n
Dutch: twee (nl) f
Esperanto: du (eo)
Estonian: kaks (et)
Faroese: tveytal n
Finnish: kakkonen (fi)
French: deux (fr) m or pl
German: Zwei (de) f
Hebrew: שתיים f ‎(shtáyim)
Hungarian: kettő (hu)
Interlingua: duo, duos pl
Irish: dhá
Italian: due (it) m or pl

Japanese: 二 (ja) ‎(に, ni)
Lithuanian: dvejetas (lt) m
Macedonian: двојка f ‎(dvojka)
Pashto: دوه (ps) ‎(Dwa)
Persian: دو (fa) ‎(do)
Polish: dwójka (pl) f
Portuguese: dois (pt) m, duas (pt) m
Romanian: doi (ro) m
Russian: дво́йка (ru) f ‎(dvójka)
Scottish Gaelic: dhà
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дво́јка f

Roman: dvójka (sh) f
Slovene: dvojka f
Spanish: dos (es) m
Swedish: tvåa (sv) c
Tamil: இரண்டு (ta) ‎(iraṇṭu)
Tok Pisin: tu
Ukrainian: дві́йка (uk) f ‎(dvíjka)
Welsh: dau (cy) m, dwy (cy) f

two-dollar bill

Dutch: biljet van twee dollar n
Faroese: tveydollaraseðil m
Finnish: kahden dollarin seteli
French: billet de deux dollars m
German: Zweier (de) m, Zweidollarschein m

Italian: biglietto da due dollari m, bancanota da due dollari f
Navajo: naaki béeso
Portuguese: cédula de dois dólares f, nota de dois dólares f
Russian: двухдолларо́вка f ‎(dvuxdollaróvka), двухрублёвка f ‎(dvuxrubljóvka)
Swedish: tvådollarssedel c

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: great · must · these · #88: two · us · before · see

Anagrams

Saterland Frisian

**Saterland Frisian cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : two

Etymology

From Old Frisian twā. Compare North Frisian twäär, tou (Mooring), tau (Föhr-Amrum) and West Frisian twa.