Dos in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Dos

You can make 8 words from 'dos' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'dos'
• 2 letters words from 'dos'

3 letters words from 'dos'

DOS 4	DSO 4
ODS 4	SOD 4

2 letters words from 'dos'

DO 3	OD 3
OS 2	SO 2

Definitions and meaning of dos

dos

Alternative forms

• do's

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːz/

Noun

dos

1. plural of do

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /doʊz/

Noun

dos

1. (music) plural of do

Anagrams

• DSO, OD's, ODS, OSD, SDO, SOD, SoD, dso, ods, sod

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

1. two

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative form of duo.

Numeral

dos (indeclinable)

1. two

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan dos, from Latin duōs, accusative form of duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdos/
• Rhymes: -os

Numeral

dos m (feminine dues)

1. two

Usage notes

• Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives, except un/una (“1”), dos/dues (“2”), cents/centes (“100s”) and its compounds. When used as nouns, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts, but in expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock), they are feminine because the feminine noun hora has been elided.

Derived terms

• dos punts
• sabràs dos i dos quants fan
• tocar el dos

Noun

dos m (plural dosos)

1. two
2. (castells) torre
3. (castells) One of a pair of castellers in the pom de dalt, who form the third-highest level of the castell

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdos/

Noun

dos

1. plural of do

Etymology 3

From Old Catalan dos, from Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum (“back”). Compare dors, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔs/

Noun

dos m (plural dossos)

1. Archaic form of dors.

Derived terms

• tocar el dos

Further reading

• “dos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dos” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “dos” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dos (“back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔs/
• Hyphenation: dos
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

dos m (plural dossen, diminutive dosje n)

1. garb, clothing, especially extravagant or unusual clothes
2. pelt, fur
3. patch of hair, especially one's headhair

Derived terms

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Extremaduran

Etymology

Akin to Spanish, from Latin duo.

Numeral

dos

1. two

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Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dos, from de + os.

Preposition

dos m pl (singular dos, feminine da, feminine plural das)

1. contraction of de (“of”) + os (“the”)

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French

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Latin dorsum (through a Vulgar Latin *dossum). Compare Romansch dies, Catalan dors, Italian dosso, and Romanian dos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do/

Noun

dos m (plural dos)

1. (anatomy) back (of a person)
2. (in the plural) backs (of persons)
3. (swimming) backstroke
4. (book) spine

Antonyms

• tranchant

Derived terms

Related terms

• dorsal

Further reading

• “dos” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + masculine plural definite article os (“the”). Akin to Portuguese dos (de + os).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ʊs̺/

Contraction

dos m pl (masculine do, feminine da, feminine plural das)

1. of the; from the

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ɔs]
• Hyphenation: dos

Noun

dos (first-person possessive dosku, second-person possessive dosmu, third-person possessive dosnya)

1. nonstandard form of dus.

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish doss (“bush, thicket, tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʌsˠ/

Noun

dos m (genitive singular dois, nominative plural dosanna)

1. tuft

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "dos" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “dos” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “dos” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese dois.

Numeral

dos

1. two (2)

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Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese dois, from Latin duo.

Numeral

dos

1. two

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling דוס‎)

1. two

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis, from *deh₃- (“give”). Doublet of dosis. Cognate with Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis), Sanskrit दिति (díti).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /doːs/, [d̪oːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dos/, [d̪ɔs]

Noun

dōs f (genitive dōtis); third declension

1. dowry
2. gift, endowment, talent

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• dōtō

Descendants

References

• dos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dos in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• dos in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dos in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Latvian

Verb

dos

1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of dot
2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of dot

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Malay

Etymology 1

From English dose

Noun

dos (plural dos-dos, informal 1st possessive dosku, impolite 2nd possessive dosmu, 3rd possessive dosnya)

1. dose

Alternative forms

• dosis (Indonesia)

Etymology 2

From Dutch doos, from Middle Dutch dose (since 1361), probably from Latin dosis (“the small box in which a dose of medication was given”).

Noun

dos (plural dos-dos, informal 1st possessive dosku, impolite 2nd possessive dosmu, 3rd possessive dosnya)

1. (Indonesia) carton, cardboard box

Alternative forms

• dus (Indonesia)

Further reading

• “dos” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːs/

Verb

dos

1. second-person singular imperative of mynet

Mutation

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m (plural dos)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) back (of a person)

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Northern Sami

Determiner

dōs

1. locative singular of dōt

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative form of duo.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dos m (feminine doas)

1. two

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 360.

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m (oblique plural dos, nominative singular dos, nominative plural dos)

1. (anatomy) back

Descendants

• French: dos
• Norman: dos (Jersey)
• Walloon: dos

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin duos, accusative of duo.

Numeral

dos

1. two (2)

Descendants

• Catalan: dos
• Occitan: dos

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese dois and Spanish dos and Kabuverdianu dos.

Numeral

dos

1. two (2)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• d'os (dated)

Pronunciation

Contraction

dos

2. Contraction of de os (“pertaining or relating to the”).; of the; from the (masculine plural)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:do.

See also

• do (singular form)
• das (feminine form)
• da (singular feminine form)

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Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum. Compare French dos and Romansch dies.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -os

Noun

dos n (plural dosuri)

1. back

   Synonym: spate

2. bottom, behind, buttocks

   Synonym: fund

3. reverse
4. backside, rear
5. tails (on a coin)

Declension

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin duōs, accusative of duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), Old English twa (English two), Persian دو‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdos/, [ˈd̪os]
• Hyphenation: dos

Numeral

dos

1. two

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• “dos” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːs/

Noun

dos c

1. dose (of medication)

Declension

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dos/

Numeral

dos

1. two

   Synonym: dalawa

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin *dossum, from Latin dorsum.

Noun

dos m

1. (anatomy) back

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːs/

Verb

dos

1. (North Wales) second-person singular imperative of mynd

Synonyms

• cer (South Wales)

Mutation

Source: wiktionary.org

• DO, a party, celebration.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)