# dous
## Breton
### Adjective

dous
* sweet

## Champenois
### Numeral

dous
* two

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs. Cognate with Portuguese dois and Spanish dos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdows/ [ˈd̪ows̺]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ows

### Numeral

dous m (feminine dúas) dous m (feminine duas, reintegrationist norm)
* two

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dous”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dous”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dous”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dous”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dous”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Leonese
### Etymology

From Old Leonese dos, from Latin duōs.

### Numeral

dous m (feminine dúas)
* two

### References

* Pallabreiru Llïonés

## Mirandese
### Etymology

From Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

### Numeral

dous
* two

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin dulcem.

#### Adjective

dous m (oblique and nominative feminine singular douse)
* soft (not hard)
* (by extension) soft, tender

##### Derived terms

* dulcement

##### Descendants

* French: doux
** → Luxembourgish: duuss
* Norman: doux
* → Middle English: douce, douse, dowce, dowse
** English: douce
** Scots: douce

### Etymology 2

See deus.

#### Noun

dous m
* Alternative form of deus (two)

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin duōs (“two”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdows̺/

### Numeral

dous (feminine duas)
* two (2)

#### Descendants

* Fala: dois
* Galician: dous
* Portuguese: dois, dous (dated)

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "dous"

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin dulcis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duws/

### Adjective

dous m (feminine singular dousa, masculine plural dous, feminine plural dousas)
* soft (not hard)
* (by extension) soft, tender, sweet

#### Derived terms

* dousamen

#### Descendants

* Occitan: doç

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dous, from Latin duōs (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdo(w)s/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdo(w)s/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈdo(w)ʃ/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdo(w)ʃ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdo(w)ʃ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈdowʃ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈdoʃ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ows, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -owʃ, (Brazil) -os, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃ
* Hyphenation: dous

### Numeral

dous (feminine duas)
* Dated form of dois.

#### Descendants

* Macanese: (probably through Indo-Portuguese and/or Kristang) dôs