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Duo

Noun CEFR C2
ˈdjuː.əʊ

Definitions

  1. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  2. Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially
  3. The mascot owl of Duolingo.
  4. Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially:
  5. Two musicians who perform music together.
  6. Any pair of people.
  7. Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.
  8. A meal with two paired components.
  9. A song in two parts; a duet.

Equivalents

Françaisduo
DeutschDuo
23 more languages
Bosanskiparпара
Češtinaduo
Esperantoduopo
עבריתצמד
हिन्दीजोड़ीयुगल
Hrvatskiparпара
Magyarduó
Íslenskapar
Italianoduettoduo
한국어듀오
Kurdîçiftduoparparî
Nederlandsduokoppelpaar
Polskiduo
Portuguêsduoduplapar
Српскиparпара
Svenskaduo
Türkçeçiftikili
Українськадві́йкадует

Examples

The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.”
“I noticed early on, in playing a duo with a violinist, that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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