dvandva

dvan·dva

D d

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dvahn-dvah, dvuhn-dvuh]
- /ˈdvɑn dvɑ, ˈdvʌn dvə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dvahn-dvah, dvuhn-dvuh]
- /ˈdvɑn dvɑ, ˈdvʌn dvə/

Definitions of dvandva word

noun dvandva a compound word neither element of which is subordinate to the other, as bittersweet, Anglo-Saxon. 1
noun dvandva (linguistics) A copulative or coordinative type of a compound in which members, if not compounded, would be in the same case and connected by the conjunction 'and'. Common in languages such as Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese, but less so in English. 1
noun dvandva a class of compound words consisting of two elements having a coordinate relationship as if connected by and 0
noun dvandva a compound word of this type, such as Austro-Hungarian, tragicomic 0
noun dvandva (linguistics) A copulative or coordinative type of a compound in which members, if not compounded, would be in the same case and connected by the conjunction and. Common in languages such as Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese, but less so in English. 0

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Origin of dvandva

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

1840-50; < Sanskrit, nasalized reduplication of dva two

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Parts of speech for Dvandva

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Dvandva

dvandva popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

dvandva usage trend in Literature

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