twosome
English
| 20 | ||
| ← 1 | 2 | 3 → [a], [b] |
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| Cardinal: two Ordinal: second Abbreviated ordinal: 2nd Latinate ordinal: secondary Reverse order ordinal: 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 | ||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuːsəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːsəm
Etymology 1
From Middle English twosome, equivalent to two + -some. Cognate with Scots twasome, twaesome (“twosome”).
Adjective
twosome (not comparable)
Synonyms
- (twofold): twissel; see also Thesaurus:twofold
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
twosome (plural twosomes)
- A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:
- And I was tooling along a mossy path with the brow a bit wet with honest sweat, when there came to my ears the unmistakable sound of somebody reading poetry to someone, and the next moment I found myself confronting a mixed twosome who had dropped anchor beneath a shady tree in what is known as a leafy glade.
- A dance for two people.
Synonyms
- (group of two): duet, duo, pair; see also Thesaurus:duo
Translations
a group of two people; two individuals or components