deux
Parisian numerical pair
Deux is the French word for two, appearing in English phrases borrowed from French.
A pas de deux is a dance for two performers, especially in ballet.
Entre nous deux means between the two of us.
The word appears occasionally in pretentious or playful contexts to add French flair.
Two together
- coupleTwo linked together
- dyadTwo forming one
- tandemSequential two-person arrangement
- pairingJoining two together
binary · duality · twain · brace · doublet · matched · twinned · bipartite
France's chief city
- francophoneNative speaker of French
- baguetteElongated crusty loaf
- croissantLayered crescent-shaped pastry
- BordeauxFrench port and vineyard area
Provence · chanson · Montmartre · Seine · Versailles · Louvre · fromage · pâtisserie
twosome
Two together
pairing · binary · duality · twain · brace · doublet · matched · twinned · bipartite · geminate
Paris
France's chief city
- francophoneNative speaker of French
- baguetteElongated crusty loaf
- croissantLayered crescent-shaped pastry
Bordeaux · Provence · chanson · Montmartre · Seine · Versailles · Louvre · fromage · pâtisserie · sommelier
plié
Ballet knee-bending movement
ballerina · danseur · choreography · pointe · tutu · jeté · barre · relevé · corps de ballet · partnering
- drop a deuceEmpty one's bowels
- pas de deuxBallet for two dancers
- deuce coupeCustomized 1932 Ford roadster
- deux ex machinaImprobable last-minute rescue device