duobla

Esperanto

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Cardinal: du     Ordinal: dua     Adverbial: due     Multiplier: duobla, duopa     Fractional: duona, duono

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Italic *duō

Latin duoder.

Esperanto du

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *-plos

Proto-Indo-European *dwiplós

Proto-Italic *dwiplos

Proto-Italic *duplos

Latin duplus

Old French dobleder.

Middle English double

English doubleobor.

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Old French doble

French doubleobor.

Esperanto -obla

Esperanto duobla

From du (“two”) + -obla (“fold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈobla/

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• Rhymes: -obla
• Syllabification: du‧o‧bla
• Hyphenation: du‧obla

Adjective

duobla (accusative singular duoblan, plural duoblaj, accusative plural duoblajn)

1. double; twofold; multiplied by two

Usage notes

Not to be confused with duopa (“in a group or groups of two”).

duobla prezo ― a price twice as great

duopa prezo ― a price for a group of two items

Derived terms

• duobla stelo