duplo

Dutch

Etymology

From in duplo, which was borrowed from Latin. Doublet of doppio, dubbel, and double.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdy.ploː/
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Noun

duplo n (plural duplo's, diminutive duplootje n)

  1. (dated) copy, duplicate
    Synonyms: kopie, duplicaat

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duplus, whence also Italian doppio (an inherited doublet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.plo/
  • Rhymes: -uplo
  • Hyphenation: dù‧plo

Adjective

duplo (feminine dupla, masculine plural dupli, feminine plural duple)

  1. duple, double

Noun

duplo m (plural dupli)

  1. duple, duplet

See also

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Adjective

duplō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of duplus

Etymology 2

    From dūplus. Found in Late and legal Latin as a synonym for the Classical Latin duplicō.[1]

    Verb

    duplō (present infinitive duplāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

    1. (Late Latin) to double
    Conjugation
    Descendants
    • Asturian: doblar
    • Catalan: doblar
    • French: doubler
    • Galician: dobrar
    • Italian: doppiare
    • Occitan: doblar
    • Old French: dobler
    • Piedmontese: dobié
    • Portuguese: dobrar
    • Sicilian: dubbrari
    • Spanish: doblar
    • Venetan: dopiar

    References

    • duplo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "duplo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • duplo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • duplo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin dūplus (double). Doublet of dobro, which was inherited.

    Pronunciation

     

    • Hyphenation: du‧plo

    Adjective

    duplo (feminine dupla, masculine plural duplos, feminine plural duplas, not comparable)

    1. double (made up of two matching or complementary elements)
      Synonyms: dúplex, dobrado, duplicado, dúplice
      Antonym: único

    Noun

    duplo m (plural duplos, feminine dupla, feminine plural duplas)

    1. (Portugal) stuntman
      Synonym: (Brazil) dublê

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