English

Alternative spellings
twynne (obsolete)

Etymology
Old English twinn, earlier getwinn|Ä¡etwinn, from Germanic.

Noun
en-noun

1. Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
2. Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.

Translations
trans-top|either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects
Afrikaans: tweeling
Albanian: binjak
Arabic: ARchar|ت�أ� (tau�á:m) m
Bengali: (jawmoj)
Bosnian: t-|bs|suprug
Bulgarian: близнак (bliznak) m
Catalan: bessó
Chinese: ��� (shu�ngb�ot�i)
Crimean Tatar: egız
Croatian: t|hr|blizanac|m
Czech: t-|cs|dvoj�e|n
Danish: tvilling
Dutch: tweeling
Esperanto: t-|eo|�emelo|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: kaksik
Faeroese: tvíburi
Finnish: t-|fi|kaksonen
French: jumeau m
Georgian: ����� (tqupi)
German: t+|de|Zwilling
Greek: t|el|δίδ�μο�|sc=Grek (dídymos)
Hebrew: ת���|תְּ��ֹ� (tom)
Hindi: (judava), (yamaja)
Hungarian: ikergyermek
Icelandic: t+|is|tvíburi|m
Indonesian: kembar
Irish: leathchúpla
Italian: t+|it|gemello|m
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Japanese: ����人 (�������, futago no hitori)
Korean: ��� (ssangdong-i), ���� ���� (hanssang-euro hasipsiyo)
Latvian: līdzinieks
Lithuanian: dvynys
Mongolian: �� (iher)
Norwegian: tvilling
Old Church Slavonic: tø|cu|близн���|m|trbliznĭcĭ|scCyrl|xs=Old Church Slavonic
Persian: FAchar|��زاد (hamzâd)
Polish: bliźniak m
Portuguese: t+|pt|gêmeo|m
Punjab: (juvvu)
Romanian: pereche a unui lucru
Russian: t-|ru|близне�|m|trbliznéc|scCyrl
Serbian: близана� (blizanac) m
Slovak: dvoj�a
Spanish: gemelo m, mellizo m italbrac|strictly speaking, gemelo is only for monozygotic siblings, whereas dizygotic siblings should always be called mellizos, cuate m italbrac|Mexico - dizygotic sibling, cuache m italbrac|Guatemala - dizygotic sibling, guacho italbrac|Honduras, guares m|p italbrac|Puerto Rico, jimagua m italbrac|Cuba, morocho m italbrac|Venezuela - dizygotic sibling
Swahili: t-|sw|pacha|xs=Swahili
Swedish: make#Swedish|make, tvilling
Tagalog: kambal
Thai: THchar|��� (fàet)
Turkish: çift
Ukrainian: близн�к (blyznjúk) m
Vietnamese: trẻ sinh �ôi
Welsh: gefell
Yiddish: tsviling
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See also
twyndyllyng

Adjective
twin

1. Forming a pair of twins.

#: the twin boys

1. Forming a matched pair.

#: twin socks

Translations

trans-top|forming a pair of twins
Dutch: tweelings-
Finnish: kaksos-, kaksois-
German: Zwillings-
Greek: t|el|δίδ�μο�|sc=Grek (dídymos)
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Polish: bliźniaczy m, bliźniacza f, bliźniacze n
Portuguese: t+|pt|gêmeo
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trans-top|forming a matched pair
Finnish: t-|fi|parillinen
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Portuguese: t+|pt|gêmeo
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Verb
en-verb|twin|n|ing

1. italbrac|transitive, obsolete except Scotland To separate, divide.
2. italbrac|intransitive, obsolete except Scotland To split, part; to go away, depart.
3. (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).

#: Placetown in England is twinned with Machinville in France.

1. intransitive To give birth to twins.

See also
sister city

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• 2007-11-28 13:21 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for fi

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