duo
nounUK /ˈdjuː.əʊ/ · CA, US /ˈdu.oʊ/
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.
1
Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially
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2
Two musicians who perform music together.
3
Any pair of people.
4
Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.
5
A meal with two paired components.
- The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.
6
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.2009, Roger T. Dean, The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music: