dou

See also: dóu, dòu, dōu, dǒu, do'u, d'où, and dō

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dauw.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dou (uncountable)

1. dew

Dutch

Alternative forms

• douw (Hollandic, obsolete) (Stadsfries)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑu̯/
• Hyphenation: dou
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

Pronoun

dou

1. (Holland, dialectal, colloquial) Obsolete form of du.

Usage notes

• Dou was considered to belong to a particularly low-status register, associated with the speech of lower-class speakers from certain Hollandic dialects. Early modern texts from Holland for a general audience typically used du if they used the archaic second person singular at all, but dou is well-attested in farces. In Stadsfries and Bildts (the Dutch dialects traditionally spoken in Frisia), dou is still widely used.

Galician

Verb

dou

1. first-person singular present indicative of dar

Krisa

Noun

dou

1. hand, arm

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• doe (widespread variant)
• do (unstressed form)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɔu̯]
• Hyphenation: dou
• Rhymes: -ɔu̯

Pronoun

dou

1. (Eupen, Krefeld) second-person singular, informal, nominative: you, thou

Mandarin

Romanization

dou

1. Nonstandard spelling of dōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dòu.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Norman

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

dou m (plural dous)

1. (Jersey, geography) brook

Old French

Contraction

dou

1. Alternative form of del

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dō.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w)/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w)/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdow/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo/

• Rhymes: -ow, -o
• Hyphenation: dou

Verb

dou

1. first-person singular present indicative of dar

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /tou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: dou¹
• Hyphenation: dou

Etymology 1

Pronoun

dou (Sawndip forms 杜 or 都 or 头, 1957–1982 spelling dou)

1. (exclusive) we; us

See also

Standard Zhuang personal pronouns
Person		Singular	Plural
1st	exclusive	gou	dou
	inclusive		raeuz
2nd		mwngz	sou
3rd		de	gyoengqde

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *tuːᴬ (“door”). Compare Thai ประตู (bprà-dtuu).

Noun

dou (Sawndip forms 𫔯 or 都 or 偷, 1957–1982 spelling dou)

1. door

   hai dou ― to open the door

Derived terms

• doulaeng
• dounaj