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à deux
[ ah dœ; French a dœ ]
adjective
- being between two persons in intimate relationship:
dinner à deux.
- intimately with just two persons present:
dined by candlelight à deux.
à deux
/ a dø /
adjective
- 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.
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He did not know what a ménage-à-deux was, but he could guess.
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It adopted indirect election, à deux degrés, that is, it nominated electors who in turn nominated the legislature.
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What about a picnic à deux in the glass cage, with electric illuminations?
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The young pair lunched à deux at the Country Club, nearly deserted at this hour on a week-day.
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