duo

The word “duo” means two people, especially performers or partners, doing something together. In plain terms, a pair of people who work, perform, or team up together.

“Duo” is pronounced DYOO-oh (/ˈdu.oʊ/ in IPA).

Here is “duo” used in a sentence: “The comedy duo had the whole audience laughing within minutes.”

Words with a similar meaning to “duo” include couple, pair, twosome, brace, couplet and doublet.

“Duo” is a noun.

The word “duo” comes from Latin. From Latin duo, "two," borrowed via French and Italian.

“Duo” is a fairly common word in modern English.

A duo is the two people themselves, especially two performers or partners who work together. A duet is usually the piece of music or the performance written for two performers. In short, the duo sings the duet.

A duo is two people performing or working together, while a trio is three. Both terms are most common for musical acts but are also used for any close partnership or team of that size.

'Duo' is a singular noun, and its plural is 'duos'. As a collective noun it can take a singular verb ('the duo is on tour') or, especially in British English, a plural verb ('the duo are on tour'); both patterns are accepted.

Duo most naturally describes two people, especially performers or partners doing something together. It is sometimes extended to two closely linked things, as in 'a duo of flavours', but for objects 'pair' is usually the more natural choice.