dues

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /djuːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /duz/
• Homophone: dews
• Rhymes: -uːz

dues

1. plural of due

dues pl (plural only)

1. Membership fees.

• pay one's dues

• duse, Udes, sued, desu, used

From Latin duas, feminine accusative form of duo (“two”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdu.əs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdu.es]

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• Rhymes: -ues

dues

1. feminine of dos

dues c

1. indefinite genitive singular of due

• IPA^(key): /dy/

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dues f pl

1. feminine plural of dû

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʉːəs/

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• Rhymes: -əs
• Hyphenation: du‧es

dues

1. passive of due

• deus, duse, used

dues m or f

1. (gender-neutral, neologism, informal) gender-neutral form of dois
   • Marques, Violeta, Santos, Dani (July 2021) “Guia Prático Para Um Português Inclusivo”, in QueerIST‎^[1], number 2, University of Lisbon, pages 2–3: “Apenas os ordinais e os seguintes cardinais: “um/uma/ume”, “dois/duas/dues” e os que se referem às centenas (exceto “cem”) são flexíveis em género. ― Only ordinals and the following cardinals: “um/uma/ume”, “dois/duas/dues” and those that refer to hundreds (except “cem”) are inflectionable in gender.”

• IPA^(key): /du.ˈəs/, [du.ˈəs]

dues

1. bone marrow