duo

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A meal with two paired components.

   The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.

2. 2
   noun

   A song in two parts; a duet.

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   a musical composition for two performers

4. 4
   noun

   a pair who associate with one another

5. 5
   noun

   two performers or singers who perform together

6. 6
   noun

   two items of the same kind

7. 7
   noun

   Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially

8. 8
   noun

   Any pair of people.

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of two, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic.