duplo

Dutch

Etymology

From in duplo, which was borrowed from Latin. Doublet of doppio, dubbel, and double.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdy.ploː/

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• Rhymes: -yploː
• Hyphenation: du‧plo

Noun

duplo n (plural duplo's, no diminutive)

1. (dated) copy, duplicate

   Synonyms: kopie, duplicaat

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “duplo”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duplus, whence also Italian doppio (an inherited doublet).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plo/
• Rhymes: -uplo
• Hyphenation: dù‧plo

Adjective

duplo (feminine dupla, masculine plural dupli, feminine plural duple)

1. duple, double

Noun

duplo m (plural dupli)

1. duple, duplet

See also

• -uplo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdʊ.pɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈduː.plo]
• Hyphenation: du‧plō

Etymology 1

From duplus (“double, twice as large, twice as much”, adjective) + -ō (denominative suffix).

Verb

duplō (present infinitive duplāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems (Late Latin)

1. (law) synonym of duplicō (“to double”)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of duplō (first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	duplō	duplās	duplat	duplāmus	duplātis	duplant
imperfect	duplābam	duplābās	duplābat	duplābāmus	duplābātis	duplābant
future	duplābō	duplābis	duplābit	duplābimus	duplābitis	duplābunt
passive	present	duplor	duplāris, duplāre	duplātur	duplāmur	duplāminī	duplantur
imperfect	duplābar	duplābāris, duplābāre	duplābātur	duplābāmur	duplābāminī	duplābantur
future	duplābor	duplāberis, duplābere	duplābitur	duplābimur	duplābiminī	duplābuntur
subjunctive	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	duplem	duplēs	duplet	duplēmus	duplētis	duplent
imperfect	duplārem	duplārēs	duplāret	duplārēmus	duplārētis	duplārent
passive	present	dupler	duplēris, duplēre	duplētur	duplēmur	duplēminī	duplentur
imperfect	duplārer	duplārēris, duplārēre	duplārētur	duplārēmur	duplārēminī	duplārentur
imperative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	duplā	—	—	duplāte	—
future	—	duplātō	duplātō	—	duplātōte	duplantō
passive	present	—	duplāre	—	—	duplāminī	—
future	—	duplātor	duplātor	—	—	duplantor
non-finite forms	infinitive	participle
active	passive	active	passive
present	duplāre	duplārī	duplāns	—
future	—	—	—	duplandus
verbal nouns	gerund	supine
genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
duplandī	duplandō	duplandum	duplandō	—	—

Descendants

• Asturian: doblar
• Catalan: doblar
• French: doubler
  • → Portuguese: dublar
  • → Romanian: dubla
• Galician: dobrar
• Italian: doppiare
• Occitan: doblar
• Old French: dobler
  • English: double
• Piedmontese: dobié
• Portuguese: dobrar
• Sicilian: dubbrari
• Spanish: doblar
• Venetan: dopiar

Etymology 2

From duplus (“double, twice as large, twice as much”, adjective) + -ō (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

duplō (not comparable)

1. doubly

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

duplō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of duplus

Further reading

• “dū̆plo, ~plāre”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dū̆plo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• duplo in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2315
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “duplare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “dŭplō̆”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 565, column 1.
• Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “duplō”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands‎^[2], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Latino-Sinicum [ = 加—倍 (jiā—bèi), 倍之 (bèi zhī)], in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• "DUPLARE", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• "DUPLO", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• duplo in Ramminger, Johann (26 August 2026 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin duplus. Doublet of dobro, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plu/

• Rhymes: -uplu
• Hyphenation: du‧plo

Adjective

duplo (feminine dupla, masculine plural duplos, feminine plural duplas, not comparable)

1. double (made up of two matching or complementary elements)

   Synonyms: dúplex, dobrado, duplicado, dúplice

   Antonym: único

Related terms

• dupla
• duplicação
• duplicado
• duplicador
• duplicante
• duplicar
• duplicata
• duplicativo
• duplicável
• duplicidade

Noun

duplo m (plural duplos, feminine dupla, feminine plural duplas)

1. (Portugal) stuntman

   Synonym: (Brazil) dublê

Further reading

• “duplo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “duplo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin duplus. Doublet of doble

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduplo/ [ˈd̪u.plo]
• Rhymes: -uplo
• Syllabification: du‧plo

Adjective

duplo (feminine dupla, masculine plural duplos, feminine plural duplas)

1. synonym of doble

Further reading

• “duplo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025