à deux
/ɑː ˈdɜː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Example Sentences
- "It is arguable that Litvinov, had he met with civility and those supple conversations à deux in which trained diplomats excel, might have stopped the war […]"
- "Like their leader, none in the party spoke a word of German. Henderson, who would join them in Munich, was fluent in German, but of course he also spoke in tongues. Chamberlain and Hitler would talk à deux[…]"
Etymology
Borrowed from French à deux.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: à deux