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à deux

[ ah ; French a ]

adjective

  1. being between two persons in intimate relationship:

    dinner à deux.

  2. intimately with just two persons present:

    dined by candlelight à deux.



à deux

/ a dø /

adjective

  1. of or for two persons


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Word History and Origins

Origin of à deux1

From French: “of or for two; two at a time”

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Example Sentences

There were no "flirting corners," and sitting out on the stairs à deux would have been a compromiso.

He did not know what a ménage-à-deux was, but he could guess.

It adopted indirect election, à deux degrés, that is, it nominated electors who in turn nominated the legislature.

What about a picnic à deux in the glass cage, with electric illuminations?

The young pair lunched à deux at the Country Club, nearly deserted at this hour on a week-day.

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