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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

à Deux

/ɑː ˈdɜː/

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What does à Deux mean?

prep_phrase

  1. To be played by two people.
  2. Privately; one-on-one.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɑː ˈdɜː/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ə ˈdɜː/

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Lorsqu’en ajoutant votre âge à mon âge, Nous ne comptions pas à deux quarante ans, Et que, dans notre humble et petit ménage, Tout, même l’hiver, nous était printemps?
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
But in describing another variety, known in France as coming from Spain, 'Baudrillart' states, that they are vulgarly called "à deux nez, parceque ce chien a les narines separées par une gouttiere."
William YouattThe DogProject Gutenberg ebook #9478
More book examples (1)
These people had, it now became clear to us, the highest, keenest, most delicate sense of personal privacy, but not the faintest idea of that solitude à deux we are so fond of.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32