does
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English dos, variant of doth, doþ (“doth; doeth; does”), equivalent to do + -s.
Pronunciation
- (stressed) enPR: dŭz, IPA(key): /ˈdʌz/
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /dəz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌz
Alternative forms
- -'s (after interrogative pronouns)
Etymology 2
From the noun doe (“female deer”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: dōz, IPA(key): /doʊz/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dōz, IPA(key): /dəʊz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊz
- Homophones: dohs, doughs, doze, dos (in music)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dus/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: does
- Rhymes: -us
Etymology 1
Borrowed from West Frisian dûs, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *dwās (“stupid”).
Adjective
Declension
| Inflection of does | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | does | |||
| inflected | doeze | |||
| comparative | doezer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | does | doezer | het doest het doeste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | doeze | doezere | doeste |
| n. sing. | does | doezer | doeste | |
| plural | doeze | doezere | doeste | |
| definite | doeze | doezere | doeste | |
| partitive | does | doezers | — | |
Derived terms
Galician
Portuguese
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doːɨ̯s/
- Rhymes: -oːɨ̯s
Verb
does
- third-person singular existential negative colloquial of bod
- Does dim llaeth yn y tŷ.
- There’s no milk in the house.
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